Analysis of Aggressive Silence



I fiddle with a quarter. I own a few problems. I’m careful with admiration.

the black lagoon, the Nigerian soul, this achy Witness:

while men die, while women live, it hast to be something in the approach to existence.

a violent undercurrent, silent undergrowth, the movie becomes the art.

antiques. screens. screaming. a new settee, a winning guarantee, a child too old to carry over.

a leopard’s cry, a soul’s fusion, some sockets made unsteady.

—immortal birds, song-notes flying, symbols inside.

winter’s cottage, the summer’s faux pas, most gifted, miracle eyes.  

harshness, disputes, much advice—no one is receiving—for they never asked.

souls are bleeding for preference, ignoring circumstance, living in a cocoon. no one is asking, no one is concerned, no one is interested.

in part, a rant, in part, an art, in part, creativity.

more a façade, or a hobby, with specific rules.

an atmosphere for colors, a soul trying to access itself, a scream for others to follow the totem.

the Whole adventure, the remarkable adventure, four exospheres later.


Scheme X X X X A B X X X X B X X A
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101101101101010 010100100111010 111110111111000011010 010010010100100101 0111001101001011111010 010101101101010 010111101001 1010010111101001 100110111101011101 11101100010101000011111011101111100 01010111010100 1011101010101 1101100110110101110110010 01010001000101110
Characters 1,097
Words 198
Sentences 20
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 59
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted on January 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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