Peeves
When someone misleads to deceive using strategies as a ruse
The trust you shared becomes a peeve, future dealings you now refuse
When someone displays arrogance as if they were superior
You're sure to see inelegance: they're knocked on the posterior
When someone cuts in front of you, later to slow down and linger
Emotions then transmit the cue to salute them with the finger
When someone sneezes in your face, no attempt their mouth to cover
This insensitive lack of grace spreads infectious germs all over
When someone tries to put-you-down with ridicule to belittle
You'd like to kick and slap around and spray them with globs of spittle
When someone offers lip and sass, impudently foisting their view
You'd like to kick them in the ass; people to avoid and eschew
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 758 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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