The Revenge of Demetri Jones

William James Burkhead 2007 (Chesapeake, Va)



I went mad they say But he killed my family
So I locked him away.

There is a whole manner of things you can do to a man for me murder is not one of them
I have something far more sinister in plan

I enter the chamber and lock the door
I looked at my tools in aw at what I have in store

Back with the fingers or off with the nails?
Maybe I’ll tie him up and submerge him in gel.

My weary mind is racing with what I can do
Maybe off with his finger so I have something to chew?

I’ll start off with a simple minatory grin
I’ll also poke him and prod him with a piercing pin.
I’ll have him under water and let him back up again.

My plan is so glorious I can’t help but laugh
And when I am through I will chop him in half

There is no telling what I will do
But he took my family this is far from through

About this poem

It’s about torturous revenge on a wrong doer

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Written on April 01, 2022

Submitted by Williamjburkhead07 on March 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XX AA XX BB CCX DD BB
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 816
Words 189
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2

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