The Suburbs



Against the hills
Against the grain
I strain
Crying Upon my lawn
A Crimson dawn
A muddy Bloody
Puddle
But I didn’t pull the trigger
My Strings are
Polluted and barely play
A sorrowful tune
On a bent violin
Our Education diluted
A weary drained mess
And lets discuss the money
Upon my breast
A crumpled letter hangs
“Best”

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Commentary on middle-class lifr

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Written on September 18, 2023

Submitted by Atjohnekins on September 23, 2022

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBCCDEFGHIJKLDMNM
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 330
Words 62
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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