The Faceless World
The bird snapped the wire
He wanted to be a mechanic for hire
The cloning machines had failed
The earth was left to hail
The light from above
And do the will of a dove
The earth was covered to the brim
With clones of one man
His head was shiny
Like a bowl with no rim
His hands like a fan
And his yell tiny
Drowned out by the voices
For they had no choices
But to do the bidding
Of the superior race
And no I’m not kidding
The dove had a human face
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Written on July 30, 2021
Submitted by Riley_Grimwood on July 29, 2021
Modified by Riley_Grimwood on July 30, 2021
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXXBB CDECDE FFGHGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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