The shot in the glass

Joseph Grassa 1956 (Brooklyn NY)



It starts out as fun that shot in the glass;
Then all the good times seem to go by so fast;

The drinks that I drink the things that I think;
Seem to get lost cause of the drink in the drink;

Time seems to go so fast, next it seems to stand still;
I know something is wrong cause I have to many slots to fill;

The drink in the drink is messing up the way that I think;
Looking at the ocean and living in a pond;
Don't it sound stupid, I'm not very fond;

Well the drink in the drink is pushing me to the brink;
But Maybe just maybe if I put down that drink in the drink;
My mind will refocus and I will remember what I think;

The drink in the drink, the shot in the glass;
How does it go, I think "All things will pass;

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Written on January 15, 2023

Submitted by josephg.81565 on August 22, 2023

Modified by josephg.81565 on September 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX BB CC BDD BBB AA
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 722
Words 171
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2

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