Avocado Skies
Green storm clouds gather and rise
Paint me a picture of avocado skies
Caught myself sayin'
Bring on the lightning
Bring on the lies
As if I haven't heard it half a million times
I left the tornados when I left you
In the dust of Texas
Where the bonnets stay blue
Seems California doesn't hail quite like I'm used to
Storms roll through
Never able to hit me quite like you used to
Trouble follows me
I wear it like jewelry
Picking gold poppies off the street is child’s play, comparatively
Frame the moment wildflowers were worth the jail time
I remember you at the courthouse paying the fine
California feelin' Texas
Trappin's the only way you pay your back taxes
Find me in a Lexus
Passin' time with white lines
Flying high swerving county signs
Traded stockyards for surfboards
praying and more time outdoors
Wish I could turn back the time
See the world without tainted eyes
It's been two years now
But with every storm
I still catch myself haunted by your demise
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Written on September 06, 2023
Submitted by audri.bailey on September 08, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA BXAX CDC CCC EE EFB DXDGG XXFABXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 979 |
Words | 186 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 5, 7 |
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