Contagion: Sin
Lindsay Mayeux 1992 (United States of America)
In limbo: we ignorantly know-it-all,
But nothing of substance
To one's soul
In lust: we create pleasure
-For a thrill-
In our dull state
In gluttony: we overindulge
To fill a hungry void
Within
In greed: we hoard,
What we fear to lose,
Never letting go
In anger: we fall -
Fail -
No self-control
In heresy: we worship self
Putting none above our
Illegitimate throne
In violence: we create,
We breed,
This choatic frenzy
In fraud: we direct our destruction,
With purpose
Or - indirectly -
At best
In treachery: we have done,
And will continuously do it all.
Lavishly spreading
And sharing -
In -
Our Death.
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Submitted by lindsaymayeux on March 09, 2024
Modified by lindsaymayeux on March 17, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXB CXD XXE XXX AXB XCX DXF GXFX GAHHEX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 130 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 6 |
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