Encouraging Cows
two pair of hands at my mouth
I lay there and stick it out
the cows glued to the ceiling
friendly look and smile at me
they even seem to laugh out loud
lying there without any dignity
feeling your unshielded nerves
just try to take it cool and calmly
it won’t stamp you when it hurts
to my relief I just hear a dentist’s drill
not the boos of cows having time to kill
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Submitted by ludy_b on October 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 361 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 4, 2 |
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