CHANGES
The world is changing for the worst
The computer is now in control;
The man came round with the IOUs
To cart away all of your dreams.
Unemployment is high, so very, very high
Yet prices are set to go even higher;
Television ads. plug wonder drugs
That work by sheer magic (or so it seems)!
The whole world is on your back to conform
To give up your fantasies of being a writer;
Give up your hopes, to fit into the norm
Fit right into the dreary old mainstream.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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The world is changing for the worst
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Written on March 23, 2011
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXAA XBAA CBCX XAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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