Analysis of Claiming A DIFFERENCE On Both Sides
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
You are not alone.
With a wanting of lies told to live them kept,
On both sides to tell.
Then begin to argue among yourselves,
Who deserves to benefit.
On both sides of a decaying fence.
Rusting.
And beginning,
To be covered with dust.
From....
None other than negligence.
Yet pretentiously mentioned,
When interest expressed...
Becomes a convenience to address,
The priorities of the people.
People...
Who elected them to represent their interests.
On both sides,
Of an aging corrupted fence.
Not to fix, heal or mend it.
But used as a prop to uplift,
More marketing of propaganda.
Sweetened yet rottening promises.
On both sides to depend and lean on more.
While the people continue to be used.
Abused as if worthless pawns.
Played.
As if valueless sacrificial pieces of clay.
On both sides to hear it heard to say,
'A better way of life comes to live for all!'
And 'all' for one to notice it done.
However...
Only a few of the 'all' making the most noise.
Know if their attention is given,
With money to support and endorse...
Nonsense to fiction,
Riding on the back of a thoroughbred horse...
Towards the finish line to victory.
Comes.
Like an oasis miraged in the midst,
Of a sand storm while visiting...
The Sahara Desert.
Why not,
Throw millions away to a few who stay...
Repeating every four years,
What their constituents want to hear.
On both sides of an aging fence.
Changing nothing that makes sense.
Except the promoting to display decadence.
Those self righteous dare not to censor.
But...
Who is it attempting to make sense anyway?
When being crazed is the rage these days.
And no one,
Has to prove being out of their mind.
No.
To make them eligible,
For a leadership position.
In any field,
Of whatever their endeavor to pursue may be.
As long as they remain,
Dressed impressively.
Speak as if somewhat intelligent.
Be entertaining.
And noticeably nuts!
On both sides.
On both sides of a fence,
Crushed into the ground by lunatics.
However...
There is,
One thing found common on both sides?
A dependency.
Yes.
A dependency determined to keep,
In everyone's memory?
is the past.
A past to exaggerate and embellished.
No one remembers having to have had.
Factually.
Yet defending what has been fictioned,
Means more today to worship and delude.
Than the truth produced,
With evidence and proof of reality existing!
Many living these mind disturbing days,
Are prepared to fight to keep their fantasies...
Documented as an amendment,
To the Declaration Of Independence.
By any means necessary.
And...
If this should mean,
Searching for the DNA of everyone...
Who signed the original Declaration.
As well as The Constitution to eliminate,
The words 'Justice For All'...
Clearly included by someone,
Who had a 'thing' for feathered quilled pens.
And in a mood to use an artistic,
Flamboyant flair with attitude.
Daring accusations of being labelled different!
When today?
They all would be considered,
Freaks.
Nonconformists.
Weirdos.
Mavericks.
That should be banned and censored,
For attempting to represent America.
An America.
Far more different today,
Than what The United States of America...
Was created and intended meant to be!
Yet...
In the darkest corners hidden somewhere,
Are the hypocrites.
Religiously practicing their lustful ways,
Done to later represent a wholesomeness.
On both sides to dupe and deceive,
Beliefs.
Their own ancestors lied about keeping.
On both sides defying to deny reality!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (34%) Etheree (21%) |
Metre | 11101 10101111111 11111 1011100101 1011100 111100101 10 0010 111011 1 1101100 1110 11001 01001011 001001010 10 10101101110 111 11100101 1111111 11101110 11001010 1011100 1111010111 1010010111 0111101 1 111000101011 111111111 01011111111 011111011 10 100110110011 111010110 110101001 10110 10101101011 0101011100 1 110101001 10111100 001010 11 1100110111 01010011 110100111 11111101 1010111 010010101100 111011110 1 11101011110 110110111 011 111101111 1 1111000 1010010 0101 110101010111 111101 10100 111110100 1010 010001 111 111101 10101110 10 11 11110111 00100 1 0010001011 010100 101 0110100010 1101010111 1000 10101111 1101110001 10101 110001110010 1010110101 10111111100 10011010 100101010 1101100 0 1111 101011110 1100100010 11100101010 011011 1001011 110111011 0001111010 0101110 1001011010100 101 1111010 1 010 10 100 1111010 10101010100 10100 1110001 110010110100 10100010111 1 001010101 1010 01001001101 1110010100 11111001 01 111010110 11101010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 3,432 |
Words | 702 |
Sentences | 86 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 24, 6, 1, 11, 8, 3, 5, 10, 20, 11, 12, 9 |
Lines Amount | 120 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 224 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Written on August 21, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on August 21, 2023
Modified by lpahtillah on August 22, 2023
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