Independence Day
Groans upon the darkest night
streaking lights up there
rooftop jets defending turf
neighbors pull their hair.
Four pm the siren sounds
two hours to get home
midnight now
nobody sleeps
explosions the new dawn
here's a mountain silhouetted
background orange sky
power to civilian places
gone away it's fried
big bonfire down the street
grabbing what they need
torches fly by on a jeep
keep going there
good-bye
rocks come through the window
laser beams arrive
tapping at the basement
dog whines wants to hide
All of this not happening
again this year
because
on the Fourth we gather
with fireworks and fuse
explosions in our nature
when time runs out for tools
the tree of liberty survives
we feed it all the time
impatient for the moment
decides we live or die.
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Written on July 10, 2023
Submitted by Davidlind on September 21, 2022
Modified by Davidlind on July 10, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 790 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5, 1, 3, 3, 4, 4 |
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