Body Perfect
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
she says
"i don't have a
perfect body"
but of course
she does
because
it is hers
i don't have a
perfect body
it's a burlap sack
filled with
twisted bones
cracked hearts
broken souls
dragged behind me
through limping life
grudgingly
in a hundred
different directions
at once
aching and weary
patched and worn
i say
"i don't have a
perfect body"
but of course
i do
because
it is hers
© John Kennan 6-21-16
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Submitted by rankstranger7 on May 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xABCxDE ABxxxxxbxbxxxbx xABCxDE x |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 422 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 15, 7, 1 |
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