Analysis of Walmart Heist

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)



I know this is awkward
Big Walmart lot, busy.
No one will notice.
You with groceries
Half into the trunk.
Tell your Girl to stop crying.
It’s weak and pathetic.
(Seven inch knife gleaming.
Fake lunging movement.)

I know this is costly
You’re not made of money.
Empty your wallet
NOW, woman.
I have paid also big time.
(Holds up left hand with
Three fingers gone.)
Damn Company.
Damn table saw.
Stupid phoney caseworker.

I know it is wrong
Doing this all over Town.
In a blitz.
Cops too slow to react yet
Or anticipate.
Took the bus to
Get to this crappy place.
Don’t know where next.
Don’t care.
But some heavy snows are coming.


Scheme XAXXXBXBX AAXXXXXAXX XXXXXXXXXB
Poetic Form
Metre 111110 11110 11110 11100 10101 1111110 110010 101110 11010 111110 111110 10110 110 1111011 11111 1101 1100 1101 101010 11111 1011101 001 1111011 1010 1011 11111 1111 11 11101110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 639
Words 138
Sentences 21
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 9, 10, 10
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Written on January 31, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023

Modified by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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