Christmas in America
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Twas five days before Christmas and all through the streets
There were only plows plowing but not a man’s feet
No one was walking the road white and clean
Though it seemed so much closer if you know what I mean
The stockings were thrown on a book by a chair
That no one had opened; they had not a care
Their bellies were full and the TV was on
As they sat in warm houses like nothing was wrong
Destruction and darkness waited outside their door
To kill all the children of that most wretched whore
Bright lights on their trees with the angels on top
Would be all that was left of that most worthless crop
They would not fall down or ask for forgiveness
So there weren’t any left to respond to this witness
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Written on December 20, 2009
Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 09, 2022
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX AA BB XX CC DD EE |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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