Analysis of Geek Head Pie
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
This freakin job pays peanuts
I gotta wear this goofy hat
Collecting coins in this tin cup
For epileptic acrobats
The boss just grinds her organ
Keeps me on a leash
And locks me in my cage at night
Away from all the other beasts
I can hear her in her room at night
Getting her organ tuned
How am I supposed to sleep
With that racket coming from her room?
So I wear a pair of noise filters
And watch another show
Eat peanuts till I fall asleep
She wakes me when it's time to go
Five for a ten, two for a fin
Come and try your luck
Throwing ping pong balls in vases
Shooting air rifles at ducks
The Ringmaster has overdosed
On estrogen and cigarettes
The clowns have all walked out on strike
The elephants are at the vet
We're running low on ketamine
To keep the lion tame enough
The lady with the mustache quit
She's stripping at the local club
What's a poor monkey to do?
The passersby just pass on by
Pennies from a blind man's hat
Afford me a Geek Head Pie
Boss says there's no work today
Looks like it's gonna rain
I'm just an organ grinder's monkey
Picking pockets on the train
Five for a ten, two for a fin
Come on and try your luck
Throwing ping pong balls in vases
Shooting air rifles at ducks
The carney barker swallowed swords
Went mute for increased pay
Eats VapoRub and coughs a lot
There's nothing left to say
Blue is the color of his star
Red the color of his spangles
White the color of his little lie
Crimson colors all his angles
He wants to sub us out to work
An alligator farm
He says the bus is waiting
And points with his one arm
The carney tweekers all are skilled
At finding perfect hideaways
I say we burn the Big Tent down
And make our getaway
Five for a ten, two for a fin
Come on and try your luck
Throwing ping pong balls in vases
Shooting air rifles at ducks
© John Kennan 12-26-20
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Metre | 111110 11011101 01010111 101010 0111010 11101 01101111 01110101 111000111 100101 1110111 111010101 111011110 010101 11011101 11111111 11011101 10111 10111010 1011011 010110 1100001 01111111 01001101 110111 11010101 0101011 11010101 1011011 01001111 1010111 0110111 1111101 111101 11110110 1010101 11011101 110111 10111010 1011011 01010101 111011 110101 110111 11010111 1010111 101011101 10101110 11111111 11001 1101110 011111 0101111 110011 11110111 011010 11011101 110111 10111010 1011011 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,752 |
Words | 357 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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