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Selfish

Andrew Anderson 1985 (Aberdeen)

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Selfish

Am I really selfish?
I have nothing more to give.
But I think I'll go to hell if,
I go and top myself.
The problem is I'm there though,
It's really not that great,
Losing of your feelings,
While filling up with hate,
The problem as I see it,
Is that I'm already here,
And if I go and top myself,
I’ll just go over there.

About this poem

I struggled with isolation through lockdown, while going through a 16 month grievance process / employment tribunal for reporting racism and bigotry. I turned to writing poems after quitting the job due to lack of action by the company. A true story and unfortunately I have the court documents to prove it.

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Submitted by Andrewanderson8 on April 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGFHIDJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 332
Words 79
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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