A Broken Teaspoon
In the distance leaves
intermingled with paper,
they caught my gaze as I stared;
dead-eyed.
Reflection wrapped condensation
into blue pools of stagnant breath.
Everyday invaded -
as it always does,
subtle musical notes,
sounds belched: fridge-freezer
bubbles in heated water.
Language crashed against
a moan; it tunnelled
its way from cracked lips
with a broken teaspoon.
Love spat on the carpet behind
this statuesque audition,
dignity did not bother to grin this time,
it just considered the stain.
Enlightenment flickered
and died as I swerved from cold glass
to reach for a branch of memory.
Her laughter seemed detached,
those sparkling colours not so bright
in hindsight's vicious twist.
Shrugs bottled themselves up
in shoulders; slouched,
waste not - want not -
they would be used
in a futuristic paradise perhaps.
As I watched nature
and man's decay giggle
in the garden; stretched,
defeat scurried away,
resignation stepped up;
fresh-faced - eager to please,
it juggled present emotions
across the breadth of the past.
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Submitted on September 22, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABX CX XXXAA XBXX XCXX XXX XXX DBXXX AXXXDXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 991 |
Words | 165 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 5, 8 |
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