In The Flesh



In the flesh Gods and Godesses play
In the flesh thunders and lightnings break
In the flesh dreams and happiness stayeth;
sadness and faithlessness remaineth
In the flesh the god-child plays,in the flesh
Leda conceives the Swan`s feathered poems
And this leads to the Trozan Horse,burning
Troy;in the flesh dawn breaks,the silence
sighs and the darkness dance
Sin w/ a grin in the flesh;trees bear
treachery in the flesh;monsoon menstruates
in the flesh;rose buds blossom in the flesh
Day die to darkness;darkdess give way to sun
rays in the flesh;in the flesh prayers spread
in the flesh geraniums dance open in her
summer palace;gods and godesses clash in the
flesh;forefathers lie deep in the flesh
Kumar buried,arti cremated in the flesh
ashy ash-tray,lustful lips lilac play play
boys,play play girls in the Flesh!
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Submitted on June 12, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCDEBFGHEDIJKCDDAD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 800
Words 147
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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