Not a man

Hasan Johnson 1980 (Peoria Illinois)



You have not because you ask not
I have not because you give not
Poverty fighting me a hundred rounds
Police chase me to try and gun me down
Section eight harass me trying to put me out
And I’m tired of searching through the lost and found
There’s no love here
Only hate
No one wants to give
Only take
I study your word even when it bores me
Are you just like everyone else, do you abhor me
I’m desperate
I’m lonely
I’m filled with sin
How can a man like me get in
You don’t want me
How could you
Wretched as I am why would you
Always watching and judging
Never hugging and loving
I’m stressed out

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Written on March 19, 2023

Submitted by HasanM.Johnson on March 19, 2023

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Scheme AABCDEFGHIJJKJLLJMMNND
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 627
Words 136
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22

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