An Angel
Simona Nicoleta Lazăr 1968 (Livezi, Bacău county)
He was a curly-haired angel
chubby
with a pint of beer in his hand
with wings unfurled
and left hanging from the back of the chair
he was an angel who talked on and on
an angel who stopped only long enough to drink
of the liquid brassy/bitter
just long enough to wipe away the thick foam
that remained above the lips
he was an angel full of lessons
which he generously shared left and right
perhaps he had forgotten how to save the world
maybe it was time for the world to save him
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Written on December 11, 2001
Submitted by simonanicoletalazar on January 21, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 99 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 2, 2 |
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