Catharsis

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



You readied
for the strike

Straight
to the heart

Clean Cold
Ruthless Bold

A strike
You’d practiced

so many times
It was second nature

By now

You’d gotten bored
Of the standard

Single strike to the vitals

You’d meticulously
Made yourself aware

Of every possible kill point
You were best at it too

You’d do them
right nasty

Toy with them awhile

And when their
struggles and cries

No longer
amused you

You’d rip their hearts
out by the roots

And stomp them
Until they beat

No more

C2


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Written on 2018

Submitted by Charles2 on September 12, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XA XX BB AX CD XX C EF XG HE X FX DG XX HX X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 548
Words 128
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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