Deep Sleep
Dead Sleep
In the passing of night
She slept away in the dark
Slumbered in the storms eye
Resting within each breath
Harkened by a sharp noise
Rising from her own death
Beyond the world of kind
Left smothered in her sweat
A glimpse of a wrinkled braw
And a scar upon her cheek
Purged thin porous skin
and fiery devilish eyes
all was her mystique
From the bedrock beneath her feet
To a coloured blue moon
A howling sounds out
For her to loom
Born from desert sands
And old cattle bones
Summoned by the natives
To cleanse their souls
They dance upon fires
Chanting to the Gods
Hungered in vengeance
against white men
They rode into Little Big Horn
With the She Devil in there mist
She breathed upon Custer
Given to a death kiss
She is now gone forever
Back into death's sleep
Waiting once more
To be summoned by the CHIEF
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AXXXB XBXX CDXXD XXXX XXXX XXXX XXCX CACX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 786 |
| Words | 155 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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