Emotional Correctness
When I want to express anger,
I get madder than hell
When I want to give love,
how deep is my well
On those times that I covet,
how green I become
And when wrestling with hate,
the result zero-sum
When my face blushes red,
I wear it with pride
Excitement and fury,
then never to hide
These things at my core,
at your risk to defame
Like politics censored
—emotional correctness disclaimed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 06, 2019
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
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Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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