Insanity
I know it is not polite or even right to say, but,
there is something very amusing about your instability.
I know that I should pity you, or perhaps even fear you;
instead I find interest and joy in your insane rambling.
If I do not take your insanity seriously,
perhaps it is not real.
If it is not real, it cannot affect me.
Or can it?
Can unreal insanity become real?
But really, I think your insanity is real.
I suppose then, my real question is:
Can real insanity that I pretend is not real,
affect the person that I am?
I think it can.
Listen to me.
I am insanely rambling.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | XAXBAC AXCCXCXXAB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 564 |
| Words | 113 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 10 |
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