We Know Their Names
We know their names
The wasters of life and time Do not suffer their presence Strip their flesh from their bones
And throw it to the slavering jaws
Hungry in the streets
Bind them with tires
And set them on fire
There is nothing that these vermin need to breathe
We know their names
Those that eat the children Where there is no love the monsters that feed upon them starve
Kill them all. Rout them out.
Run them through with bayonets
And upon their fatted meat begin to carve Your dogs and cats will not want of snacks
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Written on July 04, 2022
Submitted by TheProphetObblonge on April 14, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | A x x x x x x A x x x x |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 604 |
| Words | 121 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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