Analysis of Having Fun



Never have I understood to understand why,
Many will go to great lengths to offend.
And disrespect others to begin conflict.
A conflict that starts without solving to end it.
With those they neither know nor have met.
Although will take unnecessary steps,
To prove homemade fools...
Have an appetite for stupidity to crave.

This to do,
Makes absolutely no sense to pursue.
Unless the goal to expect,
Is just to make fools of themselves.
An achievement many have discovered to be,
Successful.

To later as time passes from them to hear,
Excuses and alibis made.
As if school aged children.
Attempting to erase a past to have played.
In ways to diminish their abusing displays.
Expecting forgiveness to them given.
And...
Incredible as disbelief to believe can be,
This forgiveness to believe easily received...
From the ones lied upon.
With their integrities deceived to victimize.
For the fun of it at their expense to pay.
Indebted to lies told on them,
The rest of their lives doing their best...
Cleaning up B.S. someone else has left.
Regardless of false and the viciousness,
Of delicious gossip from a past to spread.
However,
These wicked deeds done to others to do.
Do not fade away as some expect them to.

'Uh...
Were you expecting a special delivery?'

'Well, you have one.'

'I have no idea.
But it is a clown costume.
With a note on it that says,
AN OVERDUE BILL TO PAY ONE DAY,
WILL EVENTUALLY ARRIVE.
FINDING ITS WAY PERSONALLY ADDRESSED.
AT THE RIGHT DOORSTEP.
TO MAKE IT CLEAR AND UNDERSTOOD,
WHO THE IDIOT REALLY IS!'

'You say,
It is a clown costume?'

'Yes. I kid you not.
And...
It has your initials on it.
And the note continues to say,
It was custom made and a perfect fit.
By all means you have earned to wear it!'

'What?
What joke is this?'

'Apparently,
Someone who knows your past,
Better than I do.
Baby?
I didn't know you were also a clown?
A fool?
This i can believe!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1011011011 1011111101 0011010110 010110110111 111101111 11101001 11111 11101010011 111 101011101 0101101 11111101 101010101011 010 11011101111 0100101 111110 01010101111 011010101001 0100101110 0 010010110111 101010110001 101101 111011100 10111110111 01011111 011111011 10111111 0101100100 10101010111 10 1101111011 11101110111 1 010100100100 1111 111010 1110101 1011111 110111111 10100001 1011100001 1011 1111001 10100101 11 110101 11111 0 11101011 00101011 1110100011 111111111 1 1111 0100 11111 10111 10 1101101001 01 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,843
Words 351
Sentences 51
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 20, 2, 1, 9, 2, 6, 2, 7
Lines Amount 63
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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