Murderer

Uberu Abidemi 1988 (Lagos)



I've been put on trial,
Cuffed and stood before my lord.
My crime,
I have not the faintest idea.

The cuffs fit perfectly though,
And all too familiar
Cos I have felt cuffed almost
All my life.

That's why I had to
Murder them,
Murder all of my memories,
And bury them far from freedom.

"Guilty as charged"
I heard my lord muster,
Though my crime,
I have not the faintest idea.
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Submitted by abidemi_u on August 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxaB xcxx xxxx xcaB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 371
Words 73
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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