Pale Deformity
Words, bitter stained nails of stuttered language,
bitten with malice right down to the quick,
saturated in pale deformity,
discomfort crumples another strung out
laugh of pure poetic insanity,
it strolls through high-fives with a casual ease.
Frowns, disguised comfortably by flowered
smiles welcome spirits and prophetic pens:
twirling through infatuation's cold looks,
insatiable lies slip between your teeth
with a smooth graceful lilt of angelic
proportions; heavenly misconception.
With a deranged flick of your slicing hair,
anger populates strings of prose which hang;
limp-like in your tired shallow existence,
that golden crown worn crumbles into dust.
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Submitted on June 04, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABXBX XXXXAX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4 |
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