Carrier
drifting along the lanes
of a deserted city park
she coldly pins the scattered screams
of rests left by consumers
straight in their beguiled package words
More! and New! and Better!
halfway covered her dirty hands
she then folds and sharply carves
trails that show repentance
for our malls of piled decay
almost bursting carrier bags
now to term she drags
to question us the costs and stink
of all the things we wasted
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Submitted by ludy_b on November 19, 2024
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Scheme | XXXXX X XXXX AAXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 1, 4, 4 |
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