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What it's like

Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)

It's like I'm dying slowly

Imprisoned in this clown suit

The weight of the world

The pressure consumes

And overwhelms me

Whatever "me" is

Depression is the norm

Good feelings have stopped

The misery of this planet

The misery of my soul

It overwhelms and terrifies me
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Submitted by kbdallas2020 on January 07, 2024

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Scheme A X X X A X X X X X A
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 279
Words 60
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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