Analysis of Candy
Dana Rogers 1970 (Connecticut)
at first her voice kept quiet
hiding behind your faded smile
her salt piercing resilient tissues
a room full of three disguised as two unaware of the elephant
soon however her presence known as if when a blue whale groans
struggling to remain calm, I start cheering inside your prison
disguised as a church
my restless fingers trace your palm
if these predicting lines that represent are true, I mustn't reveal too much
in any energized room my eyes never roam, tunnel vision, no decision, as only you will do angry lips scorch your frozen cheek
I tap my feet to the sweet black boot
music your brass knuckled hands beat
our bed once warm now cold to the touch
you're fast asleep under the table
on which the lines were drawn
these hammered wings can’t weather this storm
head to heart gemini twins remembering green grassy field days when we planted the seed
close by, the clock mocks time
smoking in the rain I try to escape
from our songs that constrict
I dry my wounds inflicted from her steep win and pretend we never met your dirty tongue quietly screaming, in a haze
need of rescue
once again shutting those grassy field days out
ribs and bones in view
gone are the one bench for two at our favorite restaurant
our hands held tight under the table the conversation loose
you return to her dark drawn-out cold nursing that would renew spilt mother’s milk
I cannot tolerate or recreate the man I once knew
she can strike at any moment
pipe held in sweaty mouth flowing victory I have to let go and not pursue
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Metre | 1101110 10011101 01100101 0111101110110100 11001011110111 1001011111001110 01101 11010111 110101101111100111 010101111011010101011011110111101 111110111 10111011 1011111101 110110010 110101 110111011 111101010011011111001 110111 1000111101 1101101 111101010110011101110110010001 1110 10110110111 10101 110111111010010 101111001000101 1011011111011011101 1101011001111 11111010 11010110100111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,520 |
Words | 277 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 280 |
About this poem
This poem is about how much a women loves a man that is addicted to cocaine. She was unaware of his addiction when they first met. The poem refers to his addiction as she. The poem reflects on the times when her love was pure, and the man was free from substances. The poem, in the end demonstrates the woman has no choice but to leave her love because he is unhealthy due to the drug use he kept secret.
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Written on September 15, 2022
Submitted by springboxishappy on September 24, 2022
Modified on April 03, 2023
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