No peace
Nirvana, bliss, not a sound, not a hiss
Car speeds by
Peace
Shattered
Night shuns day, all noise away!
Engines blare, a blaze somewhere
Peace
A million tiny pieces
It’s two by now, amplified whispers
Children chattering on the outside in
I complain
Peace again
Neighbour bumps party thumps
There’s no rhyme trying to reason
It’s four by now, a revelry bow
When I am to awaken
Earth trembles
The rumbling gut demands fed
Cleanliness is next to Godliness
The butcher boy said
Day replaces night
Churning shudders, I alight
Hungry
Forever hungry
People platter
Flitter flatter with a smitten smatter
Chippie opens; fish in batter
‘Red sauce an’ a roll wi’ butter please’
Day is drowsy
I feel lousy
Tomorrow, always craving more
I turn away and close the door
Day is done
Inhale, exhale
Composed
Peace again
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Submitted by Rustybuckets on November 01, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | axBx xxBx xxxC xdxd aeae ffgg hhhx ggii dxxC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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