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Death before Decay

Jamie Rose

July 23 
Families are struggling to pay their rent
and last quarter CIBC made 2 billion profit

The art of masterful deception
conditions societal expectation
of what it means to be
ethical, alive, and free

The pains of perpetual injustice
ache within me

May we all see
May we all see
May we all see

About this poem

My heartfelt expression on the state of life in Vancouver, Canada, purported to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth, only if we can ignore the socioeconomic crisis.

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Written on July 11, 2023

Submitted by Jamierosegibbs on July 11, 2023

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Scheme xx aabb xb BBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 293
Words 57
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 2, 3
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