I Quit
Paula Rowlands 1968 (WA)
Tossing and turning
in pain every night
unable to sleep
then I see light
Too tired to arise
and crawl out of bed
the day has begun
dogs to be fed
My buttons are pushed
All day long
sick of the pressure
the coercion is wrong
I feel the weight
a real heavy load
the darkness with in
wants to explode
Damn all the pricks
making life unfair
so I quit my job
and don’t really care.
About this poem
The truth of what a lot of people are going through including me.
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Written on March 14, 2022
Submitted by aneway2freedom on March 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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