Analysis of This Performance From A Witless Script



This theatrical act.
Performed to distract.
Has, in fact, attracted more.
Hoping,
One's activity to steal every scene.
Will not have everlasting meaning.
Upon the minds of those mesmerized,
By one who lies and deceives.
Yet found to find overwhelmingly entertaining.

There has been no other time,
People undermined purposely.
To hear from anyone admitting it.
Committed to fraud and this to be permitted.
When another who held,
The same leadership position,
Wore a brown suit to a press conference.
Upset so many with wishes wanted,
To have him impeached.
For misrepresenting,
A kept image of pretense.
With an effective impression created to make.
Who knew wearing a brown suit,
Would have more of a focus.
Than one's ability to produce good deeds.
For all to see.

There has been no other time,
Reality kept to fictionalize...
Is defended to protect more the truth to live it.
And this is within the shores,
Where one's free speech has become...
A reason to give pause as to who is the cause,
For the rise and normalizing,
Of mental instabilities.

This theatrical act to continue laughing at.
Has attracted more people out of their minds.
Devoted to a joker who provokes,
Crimes of all kinds and laws to break...
With a determination,
To destroy a way of life.

Fools are made to ignore themselves used,
As tools sacrificed.
Although entertained to remain,
Dumbed down, hoodwinked and duped.

With a doing to perceive this act performed,
Will eventually deliver to them benefits.
If...
They, the people, support and endorse,
The buying of popcorn.
From the one selling them B.S.
To love and cheer this going on.
While they become addicted to the smell.
And then keep their beliefs,
That someone like this alone can fix...
What has been done to everyone.
If they ignore the theatrics.
And also the obviousness,
Of his rewritten witless script.

'Is self loathing a benefit or a virtue to have?'

'Should I laugh?
Or should I pretend your question to ask,
Is serious?
I can do both,
These days of craze and hysterics displayed!
And trust me,
You or no one else would know...
The difference.'


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Poetic Form
Metre 101001 01101 1010101 10 10100111001 11101010 01011110 111101 11110100010 1111101 1001100 111100101 010110111010 101011 0110010 1011101100 0111011010 11101 10010 0110101 1101001001011 1110011 1111010 11010010111 1111 1111101 1011100 1010101101111 0110101 1111101 010111111101 1010100 1100100 1010011010101 10101101111 0101010101 11110111 100010 1010111 111101011 1110 101101 11101 10101011101 10100001011100 1 101001001 01011 1011011 11011101 1101010101 011101 11110111 1111110 1101010 01001 11010101 11100100101011 111 1110111011 1100 1111 111101001 011 1111111 0100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 2,094
Words 432
Sentences 45
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 9, 16, 8, 6, 4, 14, 1, 8
Lines Amount 66
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 205
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Written on August 10, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 10, 2023

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