Bad chester ryan
after taking his sweet time
nibbling at his last meal
he smoked a cigarette
despite quitting years ago
and he listened absently
as the preacher tried hard
to console him with passages
from the Bible he never read
and telling Bad Chester Ryan
If you believe you'll be saved
but Ryan believes he's beyond
the pale and hope is a tiny thing
that will burn with him
in that chair and after this
he can rest his murdering bones
under deep ground where
he can't hurt another living soul
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDBEFGHIJKLMNOP |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 463 |
| Words | 89 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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