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Slaves

Saul Palti

What a waste we are
calm collected and rounded
herded as sheep by dogs

eat from the bowl
drink from the cup

lead into oblivious bliss
our fortunes are all ready told
where our no is not acknowledged

eat from the bowl
drink from the cup

told of wrongs by another
fed all lies our weekly supper
made to believe in what?

Eat from the bowl
drink from the cup
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Submitted by tommydavey on August 21, 2021

Modified by tommydavey on August 21, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxx AB xxx AB ccx AB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 343
Words 70
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2
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