Marginalized People.... I heard it on the news
gregg connolly 1956 (pennsylvania)
Just wow, just wow, just wow,wow,wow
Let us all take a deserved bow
Push them away those stinky pests
NIMBY for sure if we are talking their nests
Pay their way to ensure they are healthy
I’d like to help out, but I want to be wealthy
What do they expect, a living and dignity at work
What do you think I am a some kind of sucker or jerk
Let their mongrel kids into my perfect kid’s school
That would be too much, my kids are too cool
Pray with those rabblerousers in our house of the lord
Will surely lead to our alms becoming their golden hoard
A pathetic, uncaring bunch, no, not them, us
We have no choice to make a divergint fuss
Lest our disdain becomes apparent to them and to us
We placate our souls with charity and platitudes
Their spirit cycle through unpredictable vicissitudes
If we could turn away from antipathy
We will find our sirit and soul in empathy
About this poem
this phrase really is a sad commentary on humanity
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Written on April 25, 2022
Submitted by ggsunmoon on April 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X X A A B B C C D D E E F F F G G B B |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 893 |
Words | 188 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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