Bend By Mind, Straighten By Hand



As it went Ami knew Usher who knew Uma
Uma was cousin to Uri who had taught her,
So by the time Ami learned it in high drama
Forget occult, just required a good teacher.

Ami being adept at getting parking spaces
Anywhere anytime n' dissolving big nimbus,
Could finish sentences by reading the faces
Easily as any normal paranormal obsesses.

It comes to pass a casual dinner of deviants
Broker broken bread n' cracked open heads,
N' silverware of quality being under influence
Of spoon-bending truants street-wise "cred".

As was uncommonly common a 'norm' I host
Dining drawn on broad swath of abnormality,
Often as not becoming subject of timely roast
I 'straighten' wares the older way in formality.

TBollinger
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Submitted on February 06, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB CXCX XXXD DDDD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 695
Words 121
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Tracy Bollinger

Always liked to write and have written poems periodically over the years. I've never shared them withanyone except for immediate family. Decided to take the plunge and put some out 'there'. But bearwith me, I don't really know what I'm doing. This is therapy of sorts and I hope to let go of the need to rhyme. It's a mental condition. I recently found out my grandmother used to rhyme all herletters to anyone. Go figure. I hope you all enjoy my ranting! I do like what I've seen other's post. more…

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