Today's Grief



We should stick together, it makes sense
While we speak of our men, far away
After that, there’s silence

We’re both aware of this pretence
And try to be cheerful, come what may
We should stick together, it makes sense.

The doorbell rings and we sit, tense
Each struggling for something to say
After that, there’s silence.

Our men fight abroad and sleep in tents
If only they weren’t so far away
We should stick together, it makes sense

The blow is neatly typed: just one sentence
We take the children out to play
We should stick together, it makes sense
After that, there’s silence
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AbC abA abC xbA cbAC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 576
Words 105
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 4

Julia McKeown

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