Guards
While working in county jail and watching the attitudes of some macho jailers I wrote this from the point of view I believe I would have if I had been the inmate.
Some jailers mistake the spelling of guard
and spell it with capitals G O D
They have the idea it won't be hard
to reap what they've sewn by cruelty to me.
I lost all my rights when I broke the law.
I'm sentenced to spend some time in this jail.
My debts will be paid with no harm at all
except to myself, emotional shell.
Because I did wrong my windows are barred.
Much time will pass before I can go free
but, I don't deserve emotional scars
they are inflicting so self righteously.
Judgement day will come and they must confess.
I wonder if they can pass their own test.
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Submitted on June 03, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X ABABXXXXABXBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 144 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 14 |
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