I Hate
I hate the ‘Body
Politic’
Whose wave blasphemes
and grows
I battle to swim against
its tide
Or be abandoned in the
flow
I hate the way it stunts
my voice
'Old Dominions' chosen
side
I hate the fact—it’s hate
I feel
With the truth a captive
lie
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016,
Inspired By Neal Hall)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 18, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 301 |
Words | 56 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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