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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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 371 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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