The click of the trigger



Every night you wait

for the sound of the car

you don't sleep

you just wait

you wonder

is this the night?

the night for bloody screams

the women and children crying

the night you feel the shame

the night you hear

the sound of the click

the click of the trigger

is this the end?

every night you wait

you don't sleep

you just wait

night after night

you just wait.
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Submitted on September 11, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A x B A c x x x x x x x A B A c A
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 344
Words 72
Stanzas 17
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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