The Monolith
The monolith beckons
from the electric candle light,
filling my existence
with the reflections of a desperate man.
Who is to blame?
Anger, fear and desperation
encapsulate my soul with a vengeance!
The cutting edge of life,
That delicate, surgical instrument,
Quickens my being; rips at my mind;
And the anesthesiologist is having a drink with the surgeon’s wife.
Feelings that root in my make believe soul,
(to borrow a line from a game that I know)
See the court jester!!!! A man in control.
The monolith, it does not lie.
It beams reflection clear.
Reflections of the man I am...
‘stead what I want to hear.
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Submitted by GregLanier on May 10, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAX XXABXXB CXC XXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 107 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 3, 3, 1 |
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