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Like a piñata

Emile 2003

Soliloquy
Why am I alive?
They say I'm alive to shine
Yet they hit me with their bats
And break me like a piñata

I think of being no more
My corpse only they adore
Tell me, if I've never hurt you
Why you hit me back with all your force

About this poem

I wrote this poem because i was feeling really down due to a friend who never cared for me.

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Written on March 29, 2023

Submitted by Emile on January 24, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX AAXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 230
Words 55
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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