Dart



On the room door
towards the dartboard
one
two
three
threw an arrow
even if i threw it
dozens of times
couldn't hit the target
perfect spot
so i painted
a hating face
immediately
i shot
the last remaining arrow
hit exactly
perfect score!
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Submitted by on July 09, 2022

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLEJFEA
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Characters 237
Words 44
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

Yonah Jeong

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