The World



A dragon with measles,
Rules islands of weasels,
Who answer to vultures and wolves.

While jackals in castles,
With porcupine vassals,
Subjugate all the creatures with hooves.

And porcelain witches,
With straw in their britches,
Vacation in sunny Bombay.

As nobody listens,
To little white pigeons,
Their song has been taken away.

About this poem

Divinely inspired and scribbled during a dissociative trance.

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Written on May 15, 2002

Submitted by on October 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAX AAX BBC DDC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 318
Words 52
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3

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