Song for the Hypocrites
You all preach hypocrisy
You preach to end violence,
to call off harassment,
To make peace,
When you all wage a war against those who do not.
Do you not see that you're putting cheese down without setting a trap?
You only feed the rats
Instead of winning a war
you so desperately want to be fighting
It's like preaching
acceptance in a church
How it flies so far over heads
How acceptance only means
Loving your estranged brother
About this poem
This poem, written in 2021, reflects on the political unrest of that year and the one previous.
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Written on 2021
Submitted by KellenLou on February 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 430 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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