THE MAN WITH THE ONE SIDED COIN

Audrey Richards 1955 (Los Angeles)



I heard the sound of machinery
that brings him near my door
my heart is pounding my body trembling
over this impossible situation that I abhore
there's a hole in the roof
a hot water heater he refuses to let us install
it's his kingdom, after all and we are goofs
but he moans and complains
a mouth as big as a vault, everything remains our fault
our pain we adjoin
living with the man who holds the one - sided coin

About this poem

this poem is about the cruelty perpetrated by a cruel and irrational man upon people he seemingly thinks he has control over.

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Written on November 23, 2021

Submitted by GypsyGreenEyes48 on November 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCADEFGHII
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 421
Words 86
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

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