As If I Knew What I Should Do
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Summer 2020 was a difficult time. The terrible disease of racism infecting the United States hit close to home when my wife's sister married a white nationalist. Suddenly I - a struggling writer/developer with ADHD and GAD - felt a great responsibility to address this problem. Not just in my personal life, but for the entire country. I fixated a lot that summer about how I could single-handedly solve a centuries old systemic issue that I grew up believing was already fixed. I tried many times since then to put those thoughts and fears into a poem. Early this morning was the first time I felt happy with how they came together. more »
Written on February 10, 2023
Submitted by jonsnotes on February 10, 2023
Modified on April 04, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBCDEFGFHIIA |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 227 |
Words | 53 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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