Laura's Eyes
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
The clouds reveal healing
Bruises in the calm follow stormy skies
Purplish brown with a dull orange tint
'Round the edges of Laura's eyes
See the windows frost at the edges
Blue through the fog from the light
Lightning flashes, it's stormy in
Tonight, in Laura's eyes
The storms have passed this way before
Without pause to rationalize
Left unapologetic holes
In the walls 'round Laura's eyes
Laura lives under the weather
Lightning flashed, plaster fell
But Laura says she's getting better
Since Daddy died and went to Hell
Laura insulates pajamas
With vodka, wills the cold away
Lights flash, flicker in windows
The frost would not dare stay
In the house that Laura's daddy built
Are unapologetic holes in walls
Laura insulates pajamas
Lightning rages, plaster falls
Laura fell in love and married
Love at first familiarize
He was just like dear old daddy
In the damage in Laura's eyes
She pulls her hair back from her face
Says, "I was pretty once, a prize,"
Displays unapologetic holes
'Round the edges of Laura's eyes
Insulated wherever she goes
She wears pajamas all the time
I have never seen Laura's smile
But she seems to appreciate mine
The storms have passed this way before
Without pause to rationalize
Left unapologetic holes
In the walls 'round Lauras eyes
© John Kennan 2015
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Scheme | xaxA bxxa CADa efef Bghg xiBi xaxa xadA hxxx CADa x |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,286 |
Words | 223 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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