A glass of red



...And a lady in a red dress?
A glass of red.

We play conversational poker and come out with
The ace of spades and high-heels to match!

But I’ve never been to Vegas
And I’m not a gambling man -
A glass of red!

Turn up the jazz
Let me take your coat
And after a dance -
A glass of red

Your lips of Juno
Are a glass of red!

Take my hand and lead the way
We’ll be buried in stuffy old second-hand book stores
Mumbling Homer and his Odyssey amongst dusty shelves
I would look no further for a book called
A glass of red
Written in blood
A thriller weaved post-apocalyptically

...but your kind loins and firm sinews,
after all is said and all is done,
Are (your guessed it!)
A glass of red.
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Submitted by speakalittlefr on April 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aB xx xxB xxxB xb xxxxBxx axxB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 668
Words 139
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 7, 4

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