How Can Our Lives Ever Change

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



How Can Our Lives Ever Change

Some say -“Our Country is just.”
I’ve found that it all depends-
On if you can afford it.
Because justice is a word,
Created by the unjust-
To deceive those-who they can-
Into believing-their lies,
That they themselves-help create.
Through their own twisted beliefs,
They force others to conform
And become lifeless zombies;
Living through programmed motions,
They deprive all of them of-
Individuality.
How can our lives ever change?

Edwin Tanguma   09/08/2002

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From the dark years…Thru and thru…

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Written on September 08, 2002

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on December 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A bxxxbxxxxxxxxxA x
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 499
Words 91
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 15, 1

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