Seldom As Is Told



Seldom as is to hear heard told,
Is truth.
Often truth is discovered to find,
Behind a closed shut door.
Shocking a surprised spouse,
Watching.
Locked in a tight embrace.
With a next door neighbor.
Is none other than...
A thought devoted, faithful lover.
Chewing on grapes from a bowl,
Near the bed as the headboard...
Thumps against the wall.
As if professionally serving a client's needs.

Making it difficult,
For either the server or client...
To know the difference...
Between the newscaster saying,
'WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON?'
And a shocked surprised spouse to say,
'WHATEVER IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON...
SOMEONE NEEDS TO HELP ME,
FIND AN EXPLANATION!'

'That second voice sounds familiar.'

'I thought you turned the TV down?
That announcer's voice sounds as if,
It's coming from the door.'

'It's true.'

'What baby?
What's true?'

'Rubbing the grapes on your feet first.
Makes them taste even sweeter.'
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Written on October 15, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 15, 2023

Modified by lpahtillah on October 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXAXBXCXCXXXX XXXBDXDEX C XXA EX XC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 915
Words 192
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 14, 9, 1, 3, 2, 2

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