Fag Time
Fag Time
To see the time
in red digital numbers
I pressed the button
on my new digital watch.
I drew on my cigarette
and remembered the joke:
What do you say to a one armed man
if you want to know the time?
"Got the time on ya cock?"
Then I got caught.
Teacher said,
"if you were supposed to smoke
you'd have a chimney on your head!"
as he knuckled each syllable on my head.
Up in his office I held out my palm
and he swished it with a cane.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXX XBXAXX CBCCXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 6 |
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