Goldfish(The Summary of Man Kind)
1. Not born, only made, simply sent, Made to judge, to be judged, to be diagnosed
The truth doesn't add up to what I'm saying, only an illusion is this feeling
I'm a freak, I'm a pill, I'm a human being
I live like a fish in a plastic bag, a bag which I completely understand
Predictably, disposable, unimposably imposable
5. Grow like a weed, and die like a flower
Murder me so we can live forever to the broken,
I am hideous to the beautiful, even more so to the ugly
I must be fixed, Though I'll never be better than you
10. Read another book to tell me what to do
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X A A X B X X B C C |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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