i Saw a Woman



i saw a woman
Dancing on her grave
She smiled and sang
La la lee
La la lo
La la lee
La la lo

She picked up Death's cat
By tail & twirled the thing
La la lee
La la lo

Death watched curriously
How this thing could be
La la lee
He scratched his head
La la lo

The woman looked back at Death
And flipped him off
Her skeleton bones
Were white as snow
Now her dance
Was beginning to slow

Death thought now
Was her time to go

Instead
She skinned the cat
And made a dress
Put it on
And picked up her song
La la lee

Death's eyes popped out
At what he saw next
The woman's bones
Grew new flesh

Her hair combed and tapered in curls
Death ran at her with fury
But tripped along
An old tomebstone
La la lo

Death on the ground
She picked up her dance
And danced on Death

Bone by bone
She trampled him in the ground

The last thing he saw
Was the woman's child
And he sang and danced
La la lee
Along with a whole
Party of bones
La la lo

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme axxBCBC dxBC bbBeC fxgchc xc edxxiB xxgx xbiaC jhf xj xxxBxgC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 883
Words 199
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 7, 4, 5, 6, 2, 6, 4, 5, 3, 2, 7

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