Wait Until The Ride is Over To Exit



Love like amphetamines-
Betrayal like a silent bomb-
This is the swing I am gleefully on-
This sounds the tune of our courtship song.

Dark blue high rise,
Hookah lounge,
Vance Park down the street,
Where we hid under the slide from the sleet-
Conditions me to believe
That the Here and Now is all I need.

Don’t rework this affidavit,
Don’t revisit the sounding march,
He who held me close at dusk
Now must stay to smell my farts.

Love like amphetamines
Betrayal like a silent bomb-
This is the swing I am strapped upon-
This chimes the tune of our lovesick song.
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Written on March 03, 2023

Submitted by on June 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABcd xxeexx xxxa ABcd
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 575
Words 115
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 4

Katrina Klippstein

Poet, painter, and fashionista, flourishing in California. more…

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2 Comments
  • Symmetry60
    Such a keen mind with a sense to paint its portraits majestically upon a blank slate.
    LikeReply 16 months ago
  • connectallan
    This poem speaks to the heartbreak but not didactic. It's quirky, imaginative. Has the right flow for me.
    LikeReply 19 months ago

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