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You Don't Know Me

Jairica Johnson 1981 (US)

You don't know me
You merely exist in my atmosphere
In apathy and languid acquiescence
Never reaching my core
Never dipping your toes in my eternal spring
Or tasting the fruit of my orchards
Seeing through me
Denying my soul

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Written on March 18, 2024

Submitted by jairison_ on March 19, 2024

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Scheme ABCDEFAG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 227
Words 42
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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