A Chat



Good day sir
were you not the doctor?
No! not I

Then the journalist
wielding his pen before the storm

No! I never was

Perhaps the lawyer
chanting the course of the unlucky

No!

Maybe the clergy
teaching the masses what they will never learn

No! Not I

you remind me of my southern brothers
perhaps the wine tapper

No! The West is where I know

Then the Western warlord
 great one of the Osun Valley

No! that was my brother, not I

Please help this confused cadavar
where from do I know this man?

I was the Auditor

The Auditor?
Oh goodness, the auditor
whoelse is there that can tell a truth?
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Submitted on August 02, 2015

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aaB xx x ac cx B xa x xc b ax a aax
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 564
Words 113
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3

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