Up In Smoke
An instantaneous moment is caught
within the eye's peripheral vision,
combustible concern casually
careens into sparkled indifference
as random selection ignites the chair,
with a smoker's harsh cough for company
and nicotine dreams at the back of mind
flames crack their wings with delicious laughter.
There's a second of realisation
below the fear of death's internal rage,
tobacco's cylindrical bright-lit want
stares need in the face with thin manic greed,
the price of addiction goes up in smoke,
blue-curled vapour seeks organic matter
with pleasant alacrity while paper
hopes wither in suspended animation.
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Submitted on June 04, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABXXBXC AXXXXCCA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
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