Why do leeches cry?
© 2014 Roland Ediare 032414256-12-5-1-3-8-5-19
Leeches cry
when the host is dry
maybe he is broke
leaches don't care.
Cancer in your blood
like a known word
most familiar to you
a friend in disguise.
Leeches on a birch
it's medicine is drained
cursed from birth
a choice-less dare.
Medicine for your cancer
Poison for your life
wolves in sheep clothing
that's your family tree.
Leeches, please don't cry
this host is far gone
death by your hands
many years ago.
Rejected to deject
silly common sense
you thought he was dead
Who's the birch now.
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Submitted on May 08, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 521 |
| Words | 96 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
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