The adrenaline complex xiii
Here lies the body of the brave paratrooper
Who travelled to the crest of cloud nine
And landed in the middle of a brain storm
A great soldier amidst fires friendly and not
Here lies the evidence of the dawn of renaissance
When prison gates walk about hunting and preying
On clandestine gang planks and spooky castles
On sexuality chi-squares and non-conformist tendencies
Here lies the frame shift mutation to everlasting freedom
As virgins survive orientation camps and move on
As grandfathers donate seed yams to their children
As great grandmothers drive jeeps to church and pray
Here lies the status quo of militarist decrees and melees
As troops warm up in sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East
As pilots gear up in far reaches of Asia and America
As sports men take over the promotion of leading coys
Here lies the dead ant in our pupils
As advocates broker the ways forward in life
As teachers borrow leaves from the clouds
As moralists beat the windows and doors of reaches
Here lies the soul of the saint amongst us
Who embraced the rock of ages out of love
Who dialogued with generals to come low their heads
Who challenged God to give us our own rewards
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Submitted on August 08, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX AXBX XXXX AXXA BXXX XXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,139 |
Words | 206 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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