Absurd

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



The life I am given
Is somewhat absurd.

I get all these poems
Then forget what I heard.

Can't remember what I have done.

Where are my glasses?
Why I am, so dumb?

I seem to get by
On the smell of a rag.

Truth is I am rich!
Best life ever had!

To lay with poems
Running like a hose,

Does make it harder
But eventually I dose.

And sleep like a baby
Hoping tomorrow will bring,

You as my memory
In the songs we will sing.
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Written on June 23, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on June 22, 2023

Modified by myway6119 on June 26, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB CB A XX XX XX CX XX DE DE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 430
Words 111
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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