Analysis of Stolen Assets



As a natural excessive practiced,
Of stolen assets,
Still active in mindsets.
To retrieve from others,
Declaring ownership to get.
In progressive societies.
Known to leave many with less.
Expressing to have no shown regrets.
As a way to protect false pretensions kept.
Has become accepted.
Officially.
By those elected in positions expected.
Using a power.
Done to please their constituents.
With a promise they too,
Can break the laws and disobey rules.
Regardless who opposes.
Or who may refuse.

Left worried are the meek.
Weakened by the audacity.
To see in disbelief.
Their resources confiscated.
And what they had possessed,
Stripped away from under their feet.
Defenseless against crooks and thieves.
Never again,
To have returned back to them.

And this today to protest and demand,
Has been interpreted as a rising threat.
By those defending,
Their capitalistic way of life.
As a way to keep in sight,
Entitlements to do...
Whatever they choose and like.
While pretending to fight,
For a democracy without equality.
Or the presence of civil rights!

Yet nowhere around,
To observe and perceive...
This ideal of democracy.
Is free from discriminating,
The ones of different diverse ethnicities.

Although heard to hear,
Spoken in speeches rhetorically.
About an image that represents,
Democracy to mean and it meant...
Has become more 'socialistic'.
Less pure to idolize.
And less discovered to symbolize.

'We...
You and me and those chosen to be,
Flawlessly born without blemishes.
And obviously in the image,
Of wholesome unmistaken purity.
Must together,
Make America a place Great Again.
When thieving undocumented,
Refugees and immigrants.
Unlawfully crossed our borders.
To assume and believe they too,
Are deserving to share,
What was once theirs we stole.
Because of a history retold.

'Uh...
Are you admitting your theft,
To now have regrets?'

'Are you kidding?
I am only admitting that those like me.
Deluded to fiction,
A reality to distort it for centuries.
Is a way of life we must protect.

Unless the majority of us should decide,
Our implemented to cement way of life...
Is reinvented with agreed interests,
To accept without evidence or facts.
That our ancestors were actually,
Traveling as visitors in Africa.
Laying on beaches upon that land.
Getting tans.
When they were Europeans captured.
And no one accepted to believe this.
To then confiscate from them,
Everything they had.
Including the clothes they wore.
With this done to arrive on these shores.
Declaring themselves to be,
Peace keeping Pilgrims.
And faithful followers of Christianity!'

'Incredible are your lies.
But your delivery,
Is fantastically entertaining!'

'And...
That's why I am where I am.
Supported and endorsed.
And your truth to hear it bores.
Enough to ignore more of it to hear.
Now...
I'll give you one final opportunity,
To stand behind me.
Waves flags.
As I salute to pretend...
For the media,
Of course.
That I am a true patriot.
Pledging my allegiance to facism!'

'You mean democracy. Right?'

'Whatever.
Democracy, socialism, fascism?
It's all the same to me.
As long as I stay,
The center of everyone's attention!
(Sings)
Oh, say can you see,
Me to be yours faithfully.
I'll protect you from harm.
For as long as...
Needed to be!'

'That is not our National Anthem.'

'The people could care less.
As long as I keep them believing,
Their interests kept in me...
Is all I need from them to address!'


Scheme ABBCDEFBXGHIJKLXMX XHXIXXXNO PDQRSLXSHX XXHQB THXXXUU HHMXHJNGKCLXXA VXB QHWEX XRXXHVPXXXOXXXHXH UHQ XXXXTXHHXXVXXO S JYHXWXHHXXH Y FQHF
Poetic Form
Metre 1010001010 1101 11001 101110 0101011 00100100 1111011 010111101 10110110101 101010 0100 110100010010 10010 11110100 101011 11010011 0101010 11101 110101 10100100 11001 1100100 011101 10111011 01001101 1001 1101111 010111001 11010010101 11010 10010111 1011101 010011 101101 101011 100100010100 10101101 1101 101001 10110100 1110100 011100011 1111 100100100 01110101 010011011 1011010 11110 01010110 1 101011011 100101100 010000010 1101100 1010 1010001101 11001000 100100 010011010 10100111 101011 111111 01101001 1 1101011 11101 1110 11100101111 010110 01010111100 101111101 01001001111 10100101111 1001010110 1010110011 110100100 10011000100 101100111 101 11001010 0110101011 111011 1011 0100111 111101111 0100111 11010 01010010100 0100111 110100 10100010 0 1111111 010001 0111111 0110111111 1 1111100100 11011 11 1101101 10100 11 11101100 10101011 1101001 10 010010010 110111 11111 010110010 1 11111 1111100 101111 1111 1011 1111010010 010111 111111010 110101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 3,414
Words 696
Sentences 90
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 18, 9, 10, 5, 7, 14, 3, 5, 17, 3, 14, 1, 11, 1, 4
Lines Amount 122
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 178
Words per stanza (avg) 37
Font size:
 

Written on March 20, 2024

Submitted by lpahtillah on March 20, 2024

3:30 min read
7

Discuss this Lawrence S. Pertillar poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Stolen Assets" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 12 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/183365/stolen-assets>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    May 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    19
    days
    3
    hours
    42
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    In poetry, the word "foot" refers to _______.
    A two or more syllables
    B one stanza
    C a dozen poems
    D a unit of 12 lines