Kill Your Mother In Church On Sunday
she was wearing her Sundays best
but I must clearly confess;
knew it was but a test but now I rest
a hired man with a gun
shoot her down now she's gone
the papers read all red
with thoughts inside her head
running here & their
my momma was a commie
she saved all her money
she was a big phony
full of bologna
now she is gone but her memory lingers on
she was sitting on the right side of the pew
dazzling red dress
pearls in her arrangement;
didn't want to do it but it was too late we set the date
the bullet would seal her fate
but not too late she would contemplate;
it was too late
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Submitted by hitalot on April 30, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAXXCCX DDDDXXBX EEEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 570 |
Words | 122 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4 |
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