Analysis of Pretty decent load of beef, I guess

Doug Blair 1951 (London)



The beef are all
Pretty sturdy.
Vet gave the shots.
All but one submitted.
She kicked, bellowed
And double-crossed
The backfield.
Weight gain seems promising.
Bought em six weeks back.
Keep for four more.
Watching market prices
Hawk-like.
Then Karl comes
With the transport.
Up the chute.
Gone to slaughter
In Toronto.
Maple Leaf Meats.
Not just Hog-town, folks.
Do I feel anything?
Remorse? Guilt?
Embarrassment?
Nope.
But there is one…female.
She ran from Vet’s needle.
She always trotted over.
For me.
For petting and communion.
At the fence.
When I had a moment.
Think we’ll hold her back.
Give Karl the details.
One less to scream, shit
And submit.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 664
Words 138
Sentences 28
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 34
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 507
Words per stanza (avg) 110

About this poem

Will undoubtedly please the Vegetarians. But I like my ground chuck. And eye of the round.

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Written on January 28, 2023

Submitted by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023

Modified by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023

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Doug Blair

Doug was once a lawyer. Frustrated. Went broke 1987. Turned to manufacturing. People talked straight. Worked hard. Listened when appropriate. Lead Hand Shipper and Workplace Safety. Married to Hilary 1974. Two kids Lauren and Jordan. Poet. Photographer. Hiker-photographer. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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