Defending A Way Of Life
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
On edge.
Upset, stressed and tensed.
Are so many who have come to defend,
A way of life.
To leave some bringing guns to debate,
And argue themselves...
Into a heating dripping sweat.
Over pretensions to fiction.
And a reality to delude the truth of it.
As if to win either side argued,
Makes any sense at all and why to who.
The people not to see,
At these 'conferences' should feel blessed.
And everyday others conscious,
Should not disbelieve...
People not witnessed publicly crazed,
Are somewhere praying.
This today no one should disbelieve.
There are still many left who do know,
Decisions made as to what is real or not...
In their lives to live them.
As clear as clarity is possible?
Know the difference between,
Paying at their expense admission..
To enter into an amusement park.
And paying also at their expense,
For something unexpected...
On a daily basis to face.
And why or for whatever the reason,
Finding nothing amusing about this at all!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on July 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 926 |
Words | 167 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 7, 12 |
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