Gin, Tonic and Panic
Give me gin
For my soul,
Lemon for my lips
And plenty of ice for
My heart,
Tonic to the dead!
The wailing and banging,
It is not a performance
You hear, it is only
The sirens in my head.
I am here hanged dead!
Inside my own head.
K@42
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Written on June 23, 2019
Submitted by Poetry@80 on March 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 236 |
Words | 59 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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