Analysis of Industrial Waste



Is there a substance
that as a result of continuously applied force
becomes so hardened
so as to become no longer malleable..?
immovable..?

Lately, i’m feeling
much like that substance
Becoming tired of being forced
for no good point

Becoming weary of being pushed
into a grotesque shape
not of my choosing
Toward directions
i care not to go in

And you can find this stuf anywhere
it’s everywhere
Leftover human slag
over-hammered
beat down by the establishment

You might call it
white trash metal
Or inner city old grey steel
50 gallon drum fireplace
ghetto hubcap with no wheel

Left with worth
less than a tin cup
Used humanity
used up!

Beware waste artisans
it’s waste recycle time
It’s become too late
the purged waste you’ve created
Returns and rises from the ashes
to make you suffocated.

RB — 5/02


Scheme AXXBB CAXX XXCDX EEXXX XBFXF XGXG DXXXXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (29%)
Metre 11010 11001101000011 01110 111011101000 0100 10110 11110 010101101 1111 010101101 010011 11110 01010 111110 01111110 110 10101 1010 11100100 1111 1110 11010111 10110 101111 111 11011 10100 11 011100 110101 10111 0111010 010101010 111100 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 782
Words 141
Sentences 5
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 1
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

A protest poem.. for the downtrodden.. about those who trod upon them...

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Submitted by oldoccpu on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Will Martin

Writing and reading poetry for over 50 years. 2 chap books/vanity presses sold or given away. The 2nd book has original pencil art to accompany each poem. more…

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