Analysis of Publicize Failures



Interactions between us and the world, nothing seen, things still happen
Nothing seen, but we all assume that nothing happened, silence is golden
Not telling one or another what went wrong, did not go so good, a bad idea

Under covers of nothing apparently happening, the world is constantly rebuilding
Hot air roasting future hopes, spreading words of unglorious achievements
Building foundations soft as cotton, dead as door nails, water pipes made of lead

When things go wrong, flags raised, concerns appear, but nothing changes
Sirens of abandonment, singing never ending songs, mindless music exercises
Cross purposes hanging on crosses, defiantly incoherent, progress stands still

Tammany Hall Boss Tweed, big circle, every one pointing to the person next to them
That's the way we like it, working, big paychecks, making all the wrong things happen
Caused by orders from above, never our call, never our responsibility, it's nothingness


Scheme AAX XXX BBX XAX
Poetic Form
Metre 0100110011011110 101111011101010110 110110101111111101010 10101100100100011100010 111010110111010 1001011101111101111 111111010111010 101010010101011010100 11001011001000010111 1001111101001101010111 101111101110101110 1110101101011010001001100
Characters 968
Words 156
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 64
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 192
Words per stanza (avg) 37

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Under covers of nothing apparently happening, the world is constantly rebuilding

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Submitted by rzwilling on January 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Robert Zwilling

Robert Zwilling is digital artist and environmental poet who uses verbal brush strokes to illustrate life in the Natural World using jazz style text and pictures. more…

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