WHAT THE WORLD DESERVES



it

wouldn't be appropriate
if the world were allowed
to continue with its'
sitting -

dangling

and hanging out up high
all night with the
stars -

it would be fit -
proper

and well deserved
if it were to be found guilty
and convicted -

having to serve
multiple

life sentences
without the slightest possibility of parole behind

bars
amongst the lowlifes
and scumbags - the

hear no evils' - see no evils' and speak no evils' - while
it gets played daily
by the three card molly
hustlers -

or

used
abused
and
molested like a young boy
found stowed away below
deck

in the bowels
of a pirates' ship then
sold to the highest bidder
for a measly
doubloon -

it deserves
to spend whatever's left
of its'natural life behind the
welded doors of windowless
rooms to hopscotch and
patty-cake with the anti
sociables -

the non
negotiables -

the mental
and criminal insane and
a thorough brain
washing -


then

one of those

tight

christian
twisted
wrist
wringings

and
hung out to dry -


afterwards

accidental
but intentional burnings
from one of my mommas'
auntie minnie's

scorching

hot

stove top                     

irons -

About this poem

"Simply just for the fun of it. I have nothing against the world. I believe that it's absolutely wonderful!"

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Written on February 18, 2024

Submitted by WilliamMorrisThurstonThe3rd on March 20, 2024

Modified by WilliamMorrisThurstonThe3rd on March 20, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxab cde xf xgh xi xx ead xggx jjKxxx xlfgl xxdxkga xa ikxb x xhxa Kc ixax
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 1,134
Words 226
Stanzas 17
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5, 7, 2, 4, 1, 4, 2, 4

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