Sticks and the City
Like a lattice-shaded confessional wall
Is through which I divulge my
Demonic vice in detail:
Inhaling that rapturous vapor
Initially happened
When it was passed
My head and mouth said no-“yeah”
Then exhaled with the wind
Off a deck in Magnolia
Fresh air to breathe
Coupled with relief
From conversing against competing
Belltown speakers sure
Made for a cheaper change up
Between cocktail landmarks
And for shier than
Your average person a
Match’s strike can
Ice break a conversation
One per day or less, loosely habitual
My hidden freedom revisits and
I salute the giving into this ritual
Its scent is calorie-pacifying and
Takes me back to wobbling in heels
On the cobblestone of Post Alley
Confessed is knowledge on
The better of but this
Substance has won
Against will and rationale
It’s what addicts usually settle on for
Its pleasure is a guilty one
With a nodding off toddler
Securely settled in the stroller and
The view of point Hamilton
Speaking in imagery
A five-minute at ease peace
I admit, is happening
About this poem
I wrote this confessional poem as a means of release to a vice that I otherwise keep to myself.
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Written on May 18, 2022
Submitted by Otisus on June 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,063 |
Words | 206 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 10, 6, 6, 6 |
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