Analysis of Difficult Decisions To Make



These days,
People are forced to make...
Difficult decisions.

'Yes.
I am next.
The other day,
While checking over my account.
I noticed there was an added charge,
To my debt card.
Explain to me,
Why and for what was that about?'

'Sure.
That fee is a new charge to your debit card.
For making a purchase.
To then change your mind.
And the bank charged you for the doing of it!'

'Oh?
Is that right?
Close my account.
And I want every penny of it too!'

'No problem.
How would you like your 10 dollars?
In quarters, dimes and nickels?
Or ten one dollar bills?
And also...
As a reminder,
You will lose your banking membership...
As well.'

'Ssshhh.
Lower your voice.
You are ruining my pretension.
I WOULD HATE TO LOSE,
MY REPUTATION I HAVE HAD OVER...
SO MANY YEARS.
I will leave whatever it takes necessary.
To continue doing business with you all.'

'Why are you writing down,
The amount of money I can take out?'

'To leave without believing,
Your credibility will by us...
Is purposely intended to ruin.'

'THANK GOD!
Now...
That amount you wrote down.
I'd like to have it in change.
Just in case I pass a panhandler.
YOU NEVER KNOW THESE DAYS,
WHO IS IN NEED TO PROTECT...
WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR DIGNITY!'

'AND THANK YOU FOR LEAVING WITH US,
YOUR TRUST WE WILL CONTINUE...
OUR VERY BEST TO SERVE YOU.
AND YOUR BANKING NEEDS!

'No problem.
And I wish you all Happy Holidays.
Along with a prosperous New Year!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 11 101111 100010 1 111 0101 11010101 110111101 1111 0111 10111101 1 11101111101 110010 11111 00111101011 1 111 1101 01110010111 110 1111110 0101010 111101 010 10010 11111010 11 1 1011 111001010 11111 101011110 1101 1111011100 10101010111 111101 0011101111 1101010 10100111 1100010110 11 1 101111 1111101 10111010 110111 1101101 11111100 01111011 1111010 10101111 01101 110 011111010 011010011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,422
Words 328
Sentences 48
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 3, 8, 5, 4, 8, 8, 2, 3, 8, 4, 3
Lines Amount 56
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on December 16, 2023

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