Analysis of look at me, i'm punk
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
she loves a man
with liver on his breath
kidneys dried on his teeth
hearts on assembly lines
contracts of cyanide wafers for
deconstructionist grief counselors
he is a great provider
and she loves a man
in spite of the liver spots
on his tie
eating kidney pie
with heart stains on his
butcher's apron
she asks no questions
answers no questions
knows enough not to ask
knows nothing
knows enough not to answer
knows nothing
but that she loves a man
oh daddy
he hates the mole on
her upper lip dreams of
chaining her down and
burning it off with a
chainsaw but he
needs to save his
strength for the grief counselor
students so he just shuts
his eyes instead and tells her to
shut her mouth
she shuts her mouth because
she loves a man
awaits the blowtorch on
her tongue
you are plastic dog
crap and vomit
posturing posing your
ideal noble lofty goal of
mange mutt
punk is dead poser
it tried
failed ended in discount
bargain bins at
cheesy thrift
stores look mommy plastic dog
crap can i have
it mommy please mommy please
you tried and
failed like all before
and since bring it wench
cmon kick my ass
if mommy will let ya
out if the man will
let ya out
get the proper
permits vomit boy polish
the plastic eyelids
sign all the forms
separate cartilage in my
nose accomplish nuthin
again prove my point poser
posture for her again
then pass out in your
bargain vomit bin blame
it on the man plastic
dog crap boy
you're sinatra crooning on
victrola relic but perfect
punk shoes and
makeup thick as
plastic vomit
she loves a
man with corpuscle
teeth clamped around
fedora stained dishwasher
growls at tweed till it
kicks dialysis his
way still a kidney to
spare she loves a
man but wearies of
living in thrift
store broom closet with
dust mop patron discount
sticker red tag itemized body
parts and kidney
stone pie
look plastic but
smell real go
puke on each
other in a mosh
pit and wipe each
other off your poser
shoes wench
© John Kennan 3-26-21
Scheme | Axxxbxcaxddef ggxHcHai jklmiecxnxxAjx opbkpcxqxroxxlbsxxtxcsxxdacxbxxxjxlxp mtxcxenmkrxqiidpxssscs f |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (44%) |
Metre | 1101 110111 101111 110101 1110101 11100 1101010 01101 0110101 111 10101 11111 1010 11110 10110 101111 110 1011110 110 111101 110 11011 010111 10010 101110 111 1111 1101100 101111 11010101 101 110101 1101 01011 01 11101 1010 100101 01101011 11 11110 11 110001 1011 101 1110101 1111 1101101 110 11101 01111 1111 110111 11011 111 1010 0110110 0101 1101 1010001 10101 0111110 101001 11101 101011 110110 111 1010101 110101 110 111 1010 110 111 1101 010110 11111 101001 110101 1110 1111 1001 11101 111001 10111010 1010 11 1101 111 111 10001 1011 101110 11 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,868 |
Words | 364 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 8, 14, 37, 22, 1 |
Lines Amount | 95 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 262 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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