A Monkey in the Cog of the Machine
A monkey at work
Please dance and nitpick me more
A monkey has died
The monkey eats time
The clock watches her feast so
the cogs grind her bone
The bugs in her skin
Bleeding and pustulating
The blood is all hers
You cannot be her
Breed from fire and hate of self
take your drugs in spite
The Monkey has died
Her bones will be called His now
Her lover will deny
I saw her today
Her ghost screaming in pain now
Will that be me next?
Am I now enslaved
I have felt my voice leave me
My bones and skin break
Screaming without you
They've taken my flesh away
Blood is all I am
The Monkey's dying
I am dying bound in flesh
someone save me now
I am the Monkey
My sin of birth all I am
Dancing for Death now
I am the Monkey
A cog in the big machine
I dance just to die
About this poem
A monkey only has so many words it can speak to comprehend its anger and displeasure.
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Written on February 08, 2024
Submitted on February 08, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | axb xxx xax xxx bcd ecx xfx xeg xxc Fgc Fxd |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 800 |
| Words | 199 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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