Changing Laws
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Changing laws.
To appease and satisfy,
The doing of deceivers and thieves.
Guaranteeing a win not to earn it.
Yet doing this illegally to receive,
A stolen recognition.
'How much further out,
On the field of play...
Will they move the goal line?'
'As far as they can.
Until their delusions to fiction them,
Becomes everyone's obsession...
To accept a reality so outrageous.
And too overwhelming ridiculous,
No one will refuse...
Fools proving to be who they are!'
'But...
What about the quality of life?'
'Before or after,
It had been...
Dysfunctional normal?
Or...
When mental illness became the rage?'
'Gee wow!
I don't know which one I prefer.
Since today's crazy has become addicting.'
'And to think...
The children of today,
Accept this madness as their normal.
To keep defended.
As the best years of their messed up lives!
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Submitted by lpahtillah on July 08, 2021
Modified on April 11, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 798 |
Words | 145 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 7, 2, 5, 3, 5 |
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