The Harder Problem
The left hemisphere believes in God,
the right hemisphere does not
That physical split within the brain,
what we are and what we’re not
Temptation and judgment at war with themselves,
all battles inner fought
Confusion to reign, contradiction in charge
—a zero sum rehaut
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 06, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 307 |
Words | 49 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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