He Shot His Cousin in Iraq



It was a Humid day
On the second of June
It was a humid day
In 1542

He was waiting with a shotgun
In his pant (ies)
By Isis' house, Iraq

To shoot Demitrious in "warm" blood
He dragged him outside
In the middle of the day
To eat him with an Ice Cream Sundae

About this poem

"I shot my cousin with a shotgun, close-range in Iraq." I nod my head. "That depicts me in so many ways.." He said.

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Written on June 02, 1542

Submitted by jimins1LAJIBOLALA on June 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AxAx xxx xxaa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 260
Words 58
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4

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