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The After Youth

Joe McLaughlin

The After Youth

Bulletproof to life,
Immune to pain.
Thriving on thunder,
Thirst quenched by rain.

Double fistfuls of anger,
Courage beyond belief.
Extreme machines and street fights,
Explosions are the only relief.

A barricaded heart,
Surrounded by a soul on fire.
Live the fleeting thought,
Covered in dreams of desire.

An era of transformation,
Mind and soul must grow too.
Looking back from the edge,
An awakening point of view.

About this poem

It is fascinating to me the capabilities of the human body, especially when young. So many times our bodies are able to absorb and heal the damages of inexperience.

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Written on August 30, 2003

Submitted by JoseCanUC on September 17, 2023

Modified by JoseCanUC on October 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XABA BCXC XBXB XDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 436
Words 90
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4
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Joe McLaughlin

Raised on a small farm outside of a small town in Texas, I was no stranger to work. It is this work ethic that has propelled my professional success but there is this other side of me. The side that deeply thinks about things. The side with an imagination and a desire to use my hands for more than just brute physical labor. more…

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