The Pigs Who Abuse Lulu



How unfortified are favored mystics;
ripened men devoid of backbones,
ladies with bogus analogies of love,
 others let known their nuisances.

Fools put Manchester on a pedestal,
without attention to outcome,
but things are much different
when dealing with intellectuals.
If recollection tallies,
 them old folks always let us remember:
“Self-praise is no recommendation.”

We do as the good book bids us:
“Answer a fool according to his follies.”
There are more charades than sound guidance.
The throng was never mine to ensue,
 so I rejected the king’s meat.
Truth is we are what we eat … and drink.

How warped is their integrity.
Let them cast the first stone;
I’m balanced high on clouds from cannabis,
while his brain swims in mug of Ethanol.
The bloody Brit suffers
from lack of …
lack of everything
except delusion of grandeur,
and Manchester has a strong-hold on Lulu’s carotid.

My sister, college professor, asked:
 “Where is Lulu’s guardian?”
 Her expression eagerly awaits reply.
While estimations differ,
time (unbowed) will render true chronicle,
but while I tarry for time’s revelation
I yielded to trepidation;
what nincompoop is in charge of Lulu’s care?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXAX BXXXCDE FCXXXX XXFXXAXXX XEXDBEEX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
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Words 193
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 6, 9, 8

Earle Francis Brown

I was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. I was told that I can write, so I wrote and continues to write. I am currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. I enjoy reading "real" poetry. My favorite books are the Pslams, Proverbs and Songs of Solomon.Poetry is not just vocabulary, and use of metaphors and formats. Don't be tricked. Poetry should speak life. I love a poem that tells a story. The most memorable poems are the ones that tell someone's story. I don't care about ratings; the truth is always hated. People are people where-ever we go. more…

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