You Wished You Knew



Shake your pockets
jiggle the coins
whistle through your teeth
bring out the dice
think of your Dreams
remember the dead and the living.
2002.

Whistle some more
look at the sky
shake your head
roll the die.
2002

Your nose is sweating
don't look at the sky
see your Vision then whistle some more
smell your own fear..

2002..what do you bring??
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Submitted on November 25, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxxxxaB cdxdB adcx a
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 326
Words 64
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 4, 1

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