Terms And Conditions
Like any 'rat'-i-fied con I've known, you have
A 'mouth' and 'eyes' in the back of your head;
Spying what I do, have done and will soon do
Before I'm about to, do do, and past done did.
All my "John Doe', is smartly dressed up 'pat',
In your 'terms and conditions' of unholy 'scat';
That I by signing, hereby agree, to sign away
Any reasonable right to privacy I had to forfeit.
Seems I can't out-run your 'doo-wap' digital's
Of cipher-chain, it's 'byte' precedes it's 'bark';
They've arrived n' built my invisible cell-block,
Long before I've even thought where to start.
Bars that polished to the smoothness of skin,
While mine is buffed to velvet sheen of steel;
Bars taking my warmth, I take their coldness,
Boundary swallows itself with what you steal.
TBollinger
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Submitted on July 01, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 752 |
Words | 135 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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