Analysis of Babysitter



I am not,
My neighbor's babysitter.
Although remain I will stay,
Concerned for their wellbeing.
With a business to keep distant,
From personal affairs.
Not mine.
But theirs.

I don't live my life,
To set my sights...
On anyone else done uninvited.
And if that should happen to be the case,
My face within their comfort zone...
I let known I am a guest.
And not one to give opinions.
Or advice to give upon request.

Neither do I know it all.
And those I have known and met,
Can verify to validate that.
But the best I can for others to do,
I can be dependable to do it.
Until my doing of it is through.

Many take for granted others they use.
As if those others are on a mission,
To be disrespected and mentally abuse.
And this God did not give,
As a commandment to follow or obey.

Diapers I don't change.
Nor do discipline I teach.
To grown adults who seek,
Someone who beats around...
A bush to avoid,
Getting to the point.
When I speak it is direct.
No tours do I take to evade the truth.
Sweetened delusions,
Introduced misunderstandings to produce.

And many today,
Are products of this mindset taught.
To have become,
Excuse making conflict creators.
Creatures of thoughtless selfishness.

I am not my neighbor's babysitter.
Guardian or hired security guard.
However...
Concerned I will remain and stay to be.
Especially if I am dared,
With evidence to prove...
My tolerance for immature people,
Calling themselves adults acting like fools.
Claiming to raise children they insist,
Are 'angels'.
Yet...
Can not prevent to stop them,
Creating havoc through the neighborhood.
Then come to their defense,
After they have been arrested.
For threatening and/or beating up,
Their elementary school teachers.

'Our children are the way they are,
Because of the unqualified teachers hired.
What we need,
Are better schools!
Your Honour.'

'I'm no psychologist nor a psychiatrist.
As I told you before many times.'

'I know, Your Honour.
But...
What am I suppose to do?'

'Do your hear that?'

'You are snapping your fingers together.
Yes.
I hear that.'

'How many fools does it take,
To make one idiot?'

'Your Honour?
I was never a good math student.
And my teachers knew that too!
So I settled that problem.
And broke my science teacher's jaw.
Telling without Math,
Science will a problem for me too!
He don't know me.
To tell me I had a problem.
And I let him have it!
I'm the jury of my judgements.'

'I broke his jaw.
That's right.
He got all up in my grill.
Like...
Like Mike Tyson or Joe Louis.
I ain't haven't that!'

'And...
You have the nerve to admit that,
In this court.
While defending a similar act,
One of your children has done?'

'Yeah!
Yeah.
You heard it.
Who else is going to teach my kids,
How to defend themselves?'

'Uh...we're going to take,
A 20 minute recess.
I have to decide,
Who is in need of what the most!'

'Thank you, Your Honour.
I can use that 20 minutes.
You have no idea,
How I'm 'feening' for some fries.
And some crunchy nuggets.
You 'feel' me?'

'Oh...
Mos def!
I got you.
Right where I want you!'

'Hey...
I ain't into that 'freak' stuff.
Wow!
I can't believe you came on me like that!'

'Trust me.
There is more to come.
Believe me!
20 minutes.
20 minute recess!


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (34%)
Metre 111 110100 101111 011110 10101110 110001 11 11 11111 1111 11011010 0111101101 11011101 1111101 01111010 101110101 1011111 0111101 11011001 1011111011 1110100111 011101111 1011101011 1111011010 11010010001 011111 10010110101 100111 1110011 110111 11101 01101 10101 1111101 1111110101 10010 010010101 01001 1101111 1101 011010010 10110100 111110100 10011001001 10 0111010111 0101111 110011 110010110 1001011011 101110101 110 1 1101111 010101010 111101 10111010 110001101 1010110 101010111 01100101010 111 1101 11 110100100100 111101101 1111 1 1110111 1111 1110110010 1 111 1101111 111100 11 111001110 0110111 1110110 01110101 10011 101010111 1111 11111010 011111 10101110 1111 11 1111011 1 11101110 11101 0 11011011 011 101001001 1111011 1 1 111 111101111 110101 11011 01001 1111 11011101 1111 111110 111010 111111 011010 111 1 11 111 11111 1 1101111 1 1101111111 11 11111 011 10 1001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 3,073
Words 596
Sentences 98
Stanzas 22
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 6, 5, 10, 5, 17, 5, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 11, 6, 5, 5, 4, 6, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 125
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

2:58 min read
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