Broken Science
Desmond Sheehan 1970
Someone wise told me
complacency breeds indifference
Another wise man said indifference was far worse then dislike or anger
I do the math
I look straight ahead
Feeling nothing
Wondering where or when
Something will return
That may never return
Multiplied
Forging the lack of emotion
It's only now as words spill That I register
This existence
Divide
Do you know if this can be fixed
More words falling into ash
Is complacency terminal
Add
Why do I care anyway
It just is
Look ahead blankly
Nothing to see here
Nothing to feel here
More math
Equals
It's all just
OK
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Submitted on March 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 101 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
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