The Gusto Seekers
With their staples of beer and firecrackers, they recline
in lawn chairs like gods
enshrined, catching
the ire of motorists late
for "events." Their "cold
ones" within their grasp, sweat
in a compact cooler;
their fire water of pleasure
balanced, enhanced with firework
flurries; their fire
of imagination, of Imago
Dei, sweating while disdainful
neighbors deprecate their
lives of sheer gusto.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXAX XXBBX BAXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 62 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5 |
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