CLOUDED DREAMS
GREY CLOUDED RAINBOW AVENUES
BACK STREET MEWS
EMPTY RETARDED STREETS
TALL DERELICT HOUSES FOR RENT
BROKEN WINDOWS
DAMAGED DOORS
LEAKING ROOFS
UNFINISHED FLOORS
PEELING PAINT
CRUMBLING WALLS
DUST SHEET CORRIDORS
DAMPNESS IN THE BRICK
BLANKETS OF CARDBOARD BOXES
URINE INFESTED BEDS
HALF FILLED BOTTLES OF TEQUILA
COLOURED PILLS TO KILL YOU ALL
UNREAD NEWSPAPERS
FRAGMENTS OF HALF EATED PIZZA
SPILT BOURBON AND ALCOHOL
USED NEEDLES
COUNTLESS SYRINGES
AN DISCONECTED FRIDGE
DIMMED CANDLELIGHT
EACH ROOM IS HOME TO THE LOST AND THE UNCLEAN
NO CURTAINS HANG TO HIDE WHATS INSIDE
NEGLECTED LIVES TRYING THEIR BEST TO SURVIVE
THE GARDEN IS OVERGROWN
PILES OF DISCARDED RUBBISH
THE STALE BREATH OF DEATH
DARK GREEN ALGAE ACOSS THE FORGOTTEN POND
AN FALLEN OAK FULL OF DISEASE
AN NEW RESIDENT ARRIVES
HIS FEATURES ARE FROM OVERSEAS
HOLLOW EYES VOID OF HOPE
HE RESTS HIS HEAD BENEATH A SATURATED MATTRESS
MORE DISTRESSED THAN HE
TOMORROW HIS FAMILY WILL FOLLOW
THEIR LIVES WILL BE BETTER
AS DREAMS ARE DISMANTLED
ALL IS NOT AS IT SEAMS
HIS DAUGHTER IS AT AN AGE YOUNG PRETTY
RIPE TO BE ENGAGED
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STARING A NEW LIFE-FOLLOWING A FARAWAY DREAM
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Written on March 24, 2023
Submitted by ryraynard on March 24, 2023
Modified on April 21, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,284 |
Words | 197 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2 |
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