Liquor Store
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
He stumbled into the liquor store,
Holding up a an old rusted kitchen knife.
"Give me what I'm after," he slurred,
As he demanded the bottle he chose.
The clerk was taken aback,
Thinking he had a thief to fight.
But the drunk just wanted his fix,
To drown his sorrows all night.
He wasn't there for the money,
He had none to spare.
Just a man on a mission,
To drown away his despair.
He cracked open the bottle,
Taking a swig with a sigh.
Ahhh, sweet relief,
As he watched the world go by.
No one would understand,
The pain that led him here.
The bottle his only friend,
In a world that didn't care.
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Written on May 19, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 19, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 608 |
Words | 142 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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