Analysis of Missed Information

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Is the information currently available,
Dismissed, missed?
Or purposely mis-fed.
With an intent to have presented,
To be re-interpreted instead?

It seems more difficult these days,
To communicate what is basic.
On a daily basis.
The contents of a simple message sent...
Is too often misunderstood to understand,
Its meaning meant.
Regardless if it is read,
With words highlighted for emphasis.
Or done repeatedly to say,
To have a hand raised to ask...
'Could there be something else,
You did not say?
You wish to us to relay?
I just don't get it. I can't be the only one.

Many listening or reading,
A direct message to them sent.
To disregard or either delude...
The truth of a message to add and include,
Their own personalized version of it.

Missed or to dismiss information,
Can and do result in arguments.
To start rumors and gossip.
By lovers of confusion and conflicts.
Who themselves could care less,
Of proof or its evidence...
Nowhere to claim can be produced.
Yet...
Will deny they were involved,
As participants assisting the havoc!

'Vengeance is MINE!, sayeth The Lord!'

'Sayeth the who? What?
There you go,
Doing your best...
To get a by-stander involved.
What we do to do it done,
Has nothing to do with God or The Lord.
Stay on topic.
And anyway...
The first message I received,
Was delivered,
By some dude named, Hank.
And another one I read,
Had typos all over.
And that messenger admitted,
He gets paid to deliver.
Not explain the contents of it!'

'I'm just saying,
Defending ignorance...
Has its consequences.'

'And...
Stupidity to pay for,
Can be extremely expensive.'

'I wouldn't know.
How much have you paid so far?
I mean...
If you don't mind,
Sharing with the rest of us...
Your experiences!'

'Well...
I'm a lover.
Not a jaw breaker!


Scheme XXABA XCDEXEADFXXFFG HEIIJ GXXXXKXXLX M XNXLGMCFXXXAOBOJ HKX XXX NXXXDX XOO
Poetic Form
Metre 100101000100 011 110011 110111010 111010001 11110011 10101110 101010 0101010101 1110001101 1101 0101111 11101100 11010011 1101111 111101 1111 111111 111111110101 10100110 00110111 10111001 01101011001 111001011 11101010 101010100 1110010 1101010001 101111 1111100 1111101 1 1011001 10100010010 1011101 1011 111 1011 11011001 1111111 1101111101 1110 010 0110101 1010 11111 0010111 11110 01100010 1111010 10101011 1110 010100 11100 0 0100111 11010010 1101 1111111 11 1111 1010111 101000 1 1010 10110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,693
Words 310
Sentences 48
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 5, 14, 5, 10, 1, 16, 3, 3, 6, 3
Lines Amount 66
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 134
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted by Lp,jr. on October 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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