Silent Whale
I heard the loudest noise of my life.
It didn't come from animals
or machines, or gods
or weary souls
It didn't come from politicians
all abound on self-serving missions
It didn't come from any place at all.
No single source. No central call.
Injustice. Control. Death. Profits. Slavery.
I heard the loudest noise of my life.
The noise was silence.
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Written on November 18, 2021
Submitted by dante_unknown on November 18, 2021
Modified on March 08, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
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