I Enjoy Doing Nothing



I just sit around
Staring at the wall
Nothing stares back
It's sort of comforting in a way
It makes me feel nothing
See nothing
Think nothing

It's a blessing
Being able to say, "I'm doing nothing"
It's liberating

To not have to see new faces
To know that I know what I know
It helps me to begin again

To know that there is so much more
So much more than this empty wall
This empty void
This empty space

How many more ways can I say it?
I enjoy doing nothing
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Submitted on December 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXBBB BBB XXX XAXX XB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 461
Words 98
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 3, 3, 4, 2

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