Analysis of fractured fractals
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
words plea in scaffolded
desperation of
pale bruised pubescent frail
malnourishment
dark circles under eyes
you are fiftyseven despondency
of chains imagined in mystic
allegoric file cabinet
victim in self categorized
tragedies historic regal
trumpets trombones
hawg mucosa breakage in
tuba stew
where i come from the only
diamonds are on
the backs of popehandling snakes
telling hisssstoric lies
dead jews make excellent forensic
witnesses but coroners are all
calypso charlatan swamis
with teevee dinner audiences
the bruises you apply to
yourself are discolored run
when you sweat pain is not
nobility and neither are
we
words appear discount
pills on expensive couches
please stop calling them
poetry you are doing reality great
disservice pimping out
naugahyde fantasy
plastic metaphor please
stop torturing words
numbness in bondage
remember your vintage
fishwives with their alabaster
lobotomies?
they have telling tails and
so do you perhaps a cheese
danish will alleviate your
pride made of straw
convince it to slouch
back down again for us to
see your allegations more
clearly
love embrace pride dress it in
tutu & slippers & make it
dance for you such tiny
fragile pubescent little
dancer turn the key & watch
it kick until it needs to be
rewound so it can dance
again two dollar tin strutter
no ballet shoes those
are house slippers that tutu a
diaper rewind it go ahead let
us hear it again
alterations may address
pacifiers but make for lousy
ornaments
avoid yourself call
it makeup looks like
quasimodo's toothbrush after
belltower was sacked and
pillaged
see ya next week gotta
run there are diamonds in the
weeds
keep prose on the suggested
daily dosage or we may
have to cite ourselves for
practicing poetry
without license
© John Kennan 4-23-21
Scheme | AXXAB CDAAEXFA CXXBDGBX AHAIC AXXAACJXK KLBAJMXXAMCFACEXCXIXNAX XCXGXLAA ANXAXMCX H |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1101 0101 1111 1 110101 1110100 11010010 11100 1001100 10001010 1001 1010100 101 1111010 1011 01111 1011 111100010 100110011 011001 11101000 0101011 0110101 111111 01000101 1 10101 1101010 11101 1001110101 010101 1100 101001 11001 10010 010110 111100 1 111010 1110101 1010101 1111 01111 1101111 110101 10 1011110 11011 111110 10110 101011 11011111 11111 0111011 10111 1110110 101011011 11101 01011 10011110 100 01011 1111 11010 1110 10 111110 1111000 1 1110010 1010111 1110011 100100 0110 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,728 |
Words | 291 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 8, 5, 9, 23, 8, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 75 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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