Analysis of Frivolous, Mundane And Ridiculous

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Trivial it is to compare,
The increase of wages paid.
To the health of a booming economy.
Existing on debts credited to delusions.
Remaining to stay on display everyday.

No one today is heard to hear say,
They are hoping to wish becoming...
Wealthy and noticeably rich.
With a portfolio of investments to make,
The elite envious and jealous.
While daydreaming in a lunchroom.
On a fifteen minute break.
At a 9 to 5 job.
Paying fifty cents more per hour.
Than minimum wage.

Pretensions.
Created at the expense of nonsense.
Profitable nonsense.
Fed to feed an ongoing feasting,
On frivolous addicting trivia.
Today so mundane and ridiculous.
Although...
Not too many will be heard to admit,
Being seen standing in line somewhere.
For two hours or more,
Hoping to sample the latest rage.
Rumored to be a horrible experience!
But a MUST HAVE to explain,
How one feels when left with the effect.

'I was told how much many hated it.
But 'that' I had to experience for myself.
And I waited and waited for hours.'

'For the effect?'

'No.
There had to have been,
Hundreds of people.
Protesting and complaining,
About their quality of life being ruined.
However...
Wanted to discover for themselves,
The method that was used.
To allow themselves to evaluate the effects,
Privately and in their own homes.
Before deciding what the benefits may be!'

'What sense does that make?'

'After standing in line for 5 hours myself,
I came to the same conclusion.
How much more nonsense can nonsense get,
To have one realize...
Nonsense is nonsense and that's it.
It is impossible to wax the rust off a car.
To then expect the engine of that car,
Making sounds as if a purring cat!
Never to look at or inspect with interest,
How that is done to keep everything running...
As if brand new.
That ain't gonna happen.
While standing in line.
Being lied to AND to know it!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 10011101 0011101 10110100100 010111001010 01011101101 110111111 111011010 10010001 10010101011 001100010 110001 1001101 1011 101011110 11001 010 0101001110 100010 11111010 1100010100 0110100100 1 1110111101 10110011 111011 101100101 101101000100 1011101 111111001 1111110101 11111010011 0110010110 1001 1 11111 10110 0100010 011100111010 10 101010101 010111 101011010001 10000111 01101010011 11111 1010011101 11101010 111101101 11110 10110011 1101001101101 1101010111 101110101 10111101110 1111111010 1111 111010 11001 10110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,852
Words 392
Sentences 45
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 10, 14, 3, 1, 11, 1, 14
Lines Amount 59
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 180
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Written on September 03, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on September 03, 2023

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