Scent A Meter

Scent A Meter

da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

I feel like crying as I write my name,
and wonder if I’ll ever be the same.
For speaking in iambic feet again—
is really not as bad as I’d admit.

I kind of like the waves that it produces—
but sometimes there will be a dangling beat,
just like the first line of this four line feat,
to stop the wave and trip the tongue a bit.

I feel like crying as I speak my name,
and know that I’m the only one to blame.
I chose a name to call my hidden self,
but Dan Sturn is a trochee, not iambic—

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DUM dum, DUM dum, DUM dum, DUM dum, DUM dum

Should I spend life speaking like a Norwegian?

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da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM

I took the name to be a certain mask,
as I began to listen to my Muse.
I've grown to like the mask so now I ask,
do I my name now have to disabuse?

But I should clarify a postulate,
I only protest meter using form,
for if I want to build a resume,
I want to show that I can too conform.

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Other protests against form and meter are included in: "We have a Write to Escape"