Analysis of Truth Offends



OK?
The truth offends many everyday.
Collectively fictioned.
What has been a way of life.
Feeding the economy.
Kept to keep us all fantasized.
With people heard to hear claiming,
To have had enough and fed up.
While blaming the government,
Of interfering too much.
In their entitled lives.
Restricted to rumors, rules and told lies.
Then to wonder where and why,
The government is slow to restore and fix.
A natural disaster,
That the government...
Had nothing to do with.
But...
Were warned to expect devastation.
Including every pretension.
Protected to charade the masquerading.
Of an ownership fictioned to possess.
As quick as the government can do it.
Or else they will protest,
The losing of confidence...
In a government they depend upon.
With a demanding of nothing more,
Than to have their valued fiction.
Normalized as had been before.
If not better!

'How long has it been,
Since the government came to assess...
Your terrible loss?!'

'FEMA has been here,
Everyday for three weeks.
And still I have nowhere to replant,
My prized Roses!'

'What about your home.
The antiques, bathroom.
And food you loved to eat?'

'That will take time.
And I understand that.
However...
Gone,
Is my ability to impress the neighbors.'

'Uh...
If you don't mind my asking.
As I look around,
There is not a tree or house to see found.
Anywhere to impress anyone.'

'Okay.
Accuse and blame me,
For being and thinking proactively.'

'I don't intend to question,
Your motivation.
Although...
Those Roses you carry.
In that roll of toilet paper?
Will do what for you and when?
I can take you to shelter?'

'I'm fine.
My business is mine.
I will call an Uber.'

'Ma'am?
I am the county sheriff.
I can not leave you here alone.'

'That's what my husband said.'

'Oh, okay.
Where is he now?'

'Buried over there.
Where the backyard use to be!'

'Ma'am?
I am going to ask another question.
Be careful how you respond.
Did you happen to...'

'Happen to what?
Kill him.
Then grow my precious Roses,
To hide the evidence.
Of his unexpected death?
How dare you insinuate,
That I would do such a thing?
Just to have my precious Roses,
Bloom to be the envy of my neighbors.
And...
Besides,
He said to me...
Before I witnessed him die.
His wish to do it,
Was to be done as naturally as possible.
Giving my Roses,
The perfect spot to be noticed.'

'That's not the question I wanted to ask.
I wanted to know,
How long ago did your husband...
Decide to pass away?'

'I really can't remember,
When he made that decision.
However...
All I do remember,
Is him repeatedly telling me...
Leaving me alone,
He couldn't do on his own.
And tearfully I cried and cried.'

'Oh?
Why?'

'He was taking too long,
Making a simple decision!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 11 010110101 01001 1110111 1000100 1111110 11011110 11101011 1100100 101011 010101 0101101011 1110101 01001110101 0100010 10100 110111 1 01101010 010100010 0101010010 11101101 1110100111 11111 0101100 0010010101 100101101 11111010 1011101 1110 11111 101001101 11001 10111 101111 01111101 1110 10111 0011 011111 1111 01011 10 1 110100101010 1 1111110 11101 1110111111 1010110 1 01011 1100101100 1101110 1010 1 110110 01111010 1111101 1111110 11 11011 111110 1 1101010 11111101 111101 11 1111 10101 101111 1 11101101010 1101101 11101 1011 11 1111010 110100 110101 1110100 1111101 11111010 1110101110 0 01 1111 0111011 11111 1111110001100 10110 00111110 1101011011 11011 11011110 11101 1101010 1111010 10 111010 110100101 10101 1101111 01001101 1 1 111011 10010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 2,701
Words 602
Sentences 85
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 30, 3, 4, 3, 5, 5, 3, 7, 3, 3, 1, 2, 2, 4, 17, 4, 8, 2, 2
Lines Amount 108
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on May 11, 2024

Submitted by lpahtillah on May 11, 2024

Modified by lpahtillah on May 11, 2024

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