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Us

Ljiljana Nešić

This thing
between us,
around us,
inside us -
it's the only thing in the world
that matters before we fall.

And when we fall,
as all things do,
eventually,
then nothing
will matter at all.
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Written on April 21, 2023

Submitted by ljiljana on April 20, 2023

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBBXC CXXAC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 190
Words 44
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 5
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  • luisestable1
    luisestable1
    The key word word here is "fall." The meaning we give to this poem depends on how we interpret the words 'fall' here. One possibility is death.
    A poem that tells much this one is and it is written is a way to make us wonder. 
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