The Birds of the Quarry
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The landfills getting higher till
They almost touch the sky
Each started as a pit in which
No man would choose to die
Deep and wide and long they were
Once quarried for their stone
To build the roads and bridges
To our now excessive homes
These homes now house the rich folks
That make money from this trash
Their wealth just grows and multiplies
While they keep getting smashed
They do not care about the poor
And needy in the land
They only seek to serve themselves
And entertain their fans
Their priests become their judges
And they trade God for religion
But when the sacrifice is made
They find that they’re the pigeons
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Written on May 11, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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