Analysis of Without Fault, Flaws Or Blemishes

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



We all have our faults.
Flaws.
And recognizable blemishes.
Perfection to define it?
Has yet been proven,
Examples of that...
Anyone these days can say,
That rarity to have they can prove.

Although sitting in the midst,
In fiction to delude.
Are people who perceive,
They have achieved untouchable status.
And entitled with rights to lead.
Without scrutiny.

But for whatever the reason,
Their minds have been fixed...
To stubbornly believe,
That a position given to them to sit...
In a position of authority.
They can and do excuse to validate,
The power of their hypocritical ways.
With a doing that makes,
Charading pretensions to masquerade...
Okay for those who have acquired status!

'Don't you think what you say and do,
Is a contradiction.
Hypocritical and deceiving?'

'On WHAT?
How much more obvious,
Can the obvious get?
I sit in a position of leadership.
And my status to have it,
Makes me an exception to rules I break.
I enforce the rules and laws.
You don't expect me to obey,
Such nonsense.
Do you?'

'Yes!
We all do.'

'Well...
Open your ears and hear this clear,
I am not...
Like you people.'

'You people?
What do you mean by 'you people?'

'Here we go again,
With this 'show and tell' stuff.
You people.
Ya'll or you all.
Whatever your preference is.'

'What an offensive, thoughtless.
And demeaning thing to say.'

'I know.
You want a box of tissues?'

'Where is your heart?'

'In my chest.
My God!
Where is yours?
I don't believe what's going on!
What is this now?
A Biology quiz?
Geeessshhh!


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Poetic Form
Metre 111101 1 00100100 0101011 11110 01011 101111 110011111 110001 010101 110101 1101010010 00101111 01100 1110010 11111 110001 10010101111 0001010100 1101011100 0101101001 101011 1010101 1111101010 11111101 10010 01000010 11 111100 101001 1100010110 0110111 1110101111 1010101 11011101 110 11 1 111 1 10110111 111 1110 110 11111110 11101 111011 110 1111 1011001 1101010 0010111 11 110111 1111 011 11 111 11011101 1111 001001 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,466
Words 279
Sentences 50
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 10, 3, 10, 2, 4, 2, 5, 2, 2, 1, 7
Lines Amount 62
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 10, 2021

Modified on April 26, 2023

1:21 min read
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