Analysis of Unqualified; Unfit
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Unqualified.
And recognizably unfit,
To be near or considered one elected to sit...
In a position of leadership.
However...
We are, for some reason,
Here to witness...
A normalizing condoning of craze.
Observed.
Yet pretending the existence of it,
While awaiting with limited mentalities...
What it is next they should do,
To appease the pleasing...
Of those recommending an ending,
A way of life made better lived...
If fiction created was given a holiday,
Purposely celebrated one day every month.
To honor the unfit and unqualified.
With emphasis to applaud and acknowledge,
The appreciation of their limited abilities.
And making it known with it publicly shown,
An appreciation for what they've done.
Overwhelmingly approved to condone.
'How are you feeling these days?'
As miserable as possible.
'Isn't it great?
Finally no one can say,
They had been unprepared to be aware of it.'
And...
Having one thing in common to share.
'Sss...ooo...
I just felt this disgusting rush,
Speeding through my body.
I'm divided between curiosity and lust.'
Okay.
Whatever that's suppose to mean.
So you are waiting for me to admit,
I am jealous with envy?
'No. Not at all.
Those closed denial doors,
Are yours.
Not mine anymore.
I could care less,
Who has been determined...
Unfit to qualify for nonsense,
Too long to know B.S. is what it is...
Bared to expose yet stays to pretend,
An innocence gone but remains defended.'
'Lies told to deny then attempt to hide.
Are lies told to defend them hidden.
Although seldom is this discovery,
Returning time to waste...
The effectiveness of truth dismissed to ignore.
Put that on your plate.
Then figure out,
If the serving is deserving patience.
Why tolerate the smell of it.
Get up to make a gracious exit.'
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Metre | 010 0100001 1111010101011 00010110 10 111110 1110 010001011 01 1010001011 101011001 1111111 101010 11010110 01111101 110010110010 100100111001 1100010010 11001010010 00010111000100 01011111001 100101111 010001101 1111011 110001100 1011 1001111 11101110111 0 101101011 1 11110101 101110 101001010001 1 1010111 1111011101 1110110 1111 110101 11 1101 1111 111010 01110110 111111111 110111101 11001101010 1110110111 111101110 110110100 010111 001001101101 11111 1101 1010101010 1100111 111101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,767 |
Words | 365 |
Sentences | 47 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 58 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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