Indian Giver
I was searching for nothingness.
and I thought,
if I could just trick my mind
into climbing into the deep freeze
and remain there like frozen pizza,
then maybe I could realize:
Nirvana
Essential self
True Nature
Enlightenment
Samadhi
But it was like trying to give New York
back to the Indians.
What do you do with all those skyscrapers
and bridges, the miles of concrete,
Coney Island and King Kong?
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Submitted by Pnews on March 16, 2021
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 451 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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