Analysis of losing teeth in bubblegum
i am ashamed to say you wore me out
pulled me so thin
you are wrigley’s
you are big league chew
i think my skin is falling from the bone
my eyes are so black so
hollow
i don’t want to speak about this anymore
i am too tired
my jaw has gone stiff
i want to beat you
i want to see you explode
i will see you explode
i kept chewing
i didn’t know whose flesh was between my teeth; i learned it was yours
my suffering has made me holy
my pen on lined paper
i have turned blood into ink
when i finally spat you out
you lost your flavor years ago
will it be worth it? will i be remembered
on the palm of your hands?
on the small of your back?
i hope i will. i hope i stain like red wine
i don’t know why i kept chewing
i’m just glad i don’t have the taste of you in my mouth anymore
i remember long ago
i thought bubblegum was so sweet
it tastes like leather to me now
i wonder if revenge would be sweeter
Scheme | AX BC XBDE FX CGG HB XIX AD FBXX HE DXXI |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 1101111111 1111 111 11111 1111110101 111111 10 1111101101 11110 11111 11111 1111101 111101 1110 111111011111111 110011110 111110 1111011 11100111 11110101 11111111010 101111 101111 11111111111 11111110 111111011101101 1010101 111111 11110111 1101011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 921 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
i wrote this after my boyfriend of 3 1/2 years told me he never loved me. enjoy!
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Written on August 21, 2021
Submitted on August 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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