Happy Birthday To Me
There was firewater around the fire
As we mingled in night's loft
I intentionally found myself complacent
Suddenly into superman's foe I transformed
Angry eyes saw how you reacted
Toward his twenty question game
I no longer recognized your face
So I hurry away from you and yours
Scooting through the woods
Booting over fences
Playing hide and go seek with the moon
Wallowing in poison ivy
Cutting my flesh on barbed wire
It was all I could do
To stop thinking of you randomly
Because pieces of glass
Were entering my barefeet
I watched the cars passing by
Wondering what they saw
Wondering what hour vanity dissappeared
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Submitted on October 07, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLAMLNBOPB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 108 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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