Banging the evening famish!
An evening preluded by;
A meager lunch meal,
As though saving a dear bill,
Amounting to millions!
A brief breakfast,
As though we are in a fast,
Awaiting dear God for explanation;
‘’Assuredly we ate just a little!’’
A jingle of the money hold
A response heartbreaking
Alas! I have only twenty bob!
Aggrieving on the poverty, I use it all
A bunch of three ‘mandazis’
And a recently ripened avocado
A plastic bottle of clear water beside
Amounting to a delicious crescendo
Banging the evening famish!
© GIDRAF MWANGI
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Submitted by GIDRAF on May 15, 2021
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXA XXXX XXXX ABXB X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 520 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
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