From The Wickedness They Love (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



From The Wickedness They Love   (Bussokusekika)

When bad things happen
To those who believe they’re good
Its not for wanting
‘Tis for their lack of reproach
Their unwillingness to turn
From the wickedness they love

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   11/23/2023

About this poem

https://www.quora.com/Regarding-the-M18-smoke-grenade-used-in-the-Vietnam-War-did-the-colors-have-a-specific-meaning-or-was-the-color-code-changed-from-mission-to-mission-simply-to-mess-with-Charlie This one came to mind after reading the post by Jim Baker…For what it is worth…Take it as ya’ll will…For what it is worth…The shroud of mist lifted as rapidly as it had appeared…I wonder IF I was the only person in town that noticed it???Well the red item in the posted picture mysteriously manifested in situ…Go figure…

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Written on November 23, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on November 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XXABXX B
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 262
Words 42
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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