Venus Rising

Veronica Toth 1961 (South Australia)



Cupid was never stupid, he was the son of Venus
and Mercury. He had to be hidden from Mars,
NASA peruses mythology and sonar rockets,
space vehicles range from Voyager through to
space shuttle Columbia and Virgin Galactic.

Laser guided and brain co-ordinated Fortran
programmed heuristic logarithmic equ
I take antiseptic baths using Triclosan, with Frusemide Gramscian
and surgical Chlorhexidine Phisohex with Althzelmyacin Gardasil 9 Vaccinations.

I am writing this poem because my HIV status is negative.
This is my celebration of life and my prayers for my family
who were tortured to death by being agonizingly shot
with pistols as well as being stabbed by barbarians.
Yaweh Jehovah Adonai, God bless my family.
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Written on September 09, 2020

Submitted by Veronica61 on September 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXXA BABC XDXCD
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 720
Words 124
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 5

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