Analysis of Entertained By It
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Truth to abuse and accuse,
Its existence offends...
Those living in denial.
High on pretensions.
Is an honest admission.
For anyone who has experienced,
Lies told on them to endure the cure...
Of surviving through,
Lies told on them...
By professional deceivers.
Trained.
And from birth,
To dupe and hoodwinked first.
Before learning how to walk.
But taught to say,
'Me crook. You stupid.
And fool of you me make!'
Leaving thieves,
And homegrown criminals...
Ecstatic!
Stopping in the midst of acts,
Performing attacks against decency.
Brought to tears.
Weeping.
And taking minutes...
To find a calendar to highlight the day,
Cigars were passed around.
Congratulating...
The newest member,
Indoctrinated...
Into a society to learn what it takes,
Having the basics understood.
A prerequisite to a life,
Without delusions to confuse reality.
Inside of the sweetened smothering,
Of candy coated B.S.
And...
Regardless of which animal is picked,
To animate...
A liberal version of democracy.
Or...
A nasty fire blowing dragon.
The villain.
Shown with fangs dripping blood.
But...
Depicted to represent,
Qualities of thoughtful conservatives.
'Oh...
I can't take anymore.'
We all should know by now,
Extravagant is the price...
To pay to stay horrified of the truth.
Yet...
An expense to enter,
Into an amusement park.
We wait to rush to 'The Dark House'.
Creating shocks and horrors,
More terrifying than reality can be...
Is what a democracy crumbling apart,
Offers.
Especially,
For the ones who can not get enough,
Of destruction to self inflict.
As if entertained by it!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001 101001 1100010 11010 1110010 110110100 111110101 10101 1111 101001 1 011 11011 0110111 1111 11110 011111 101 011100 010 1000111 0100101100 111 10 01010 1101001101 010101 0100 01010 0100 010010011111 1001001 00100101 0101010110 011010100 110101 0 0101110011 1100 01001010100 1 010101010 010 111101 1 010101 1001100100 1 11101 111111 0100101 111110101 1 101110 0110101 11111011 0101010 110011011 110010010001 10 010 101111101 10101101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,522 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 48 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 17, 19, 11, 2, 3, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 64 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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