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;
About this poem
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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 |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 171 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2 |
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