The Handyman
The Handyman
The saw cuts through my thoughts
as the drill fills sounds through the air
the hammer smashes upon the nails
without a veil of silence within my head
For the worker that grinds each day
deserving of much more for his trade
yet receiving little from his slavers of labour
as his hands now become callused and cut
with all eight fingers stretched out bent
While he cuts away sheets of tin
to change into a hidden passage for heat
as he is unnoticed by a world of people
that walks by the house on the street
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XXXX XXXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 505 |
| Words | 99 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4 |
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