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Choke

Shanna-Lee Slobodian 1974 (Edmonton, Alberta)

Free verse
Safely passing onward secretive
Spirits untrusting of fellow partner

This being the new way to keep intact
Unconsciously manifesting our overshadowed future
yet still keep the stink of learned trickery.
Former allegiance's old age fieltys are only words
Endangered by friends
family
abandoning
family
proud to be cursed by the cursed
gaining strength through our weakening

I see you all
I see you coming
In my heart I laugh as I on choke this fear
Let's go

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Fear of the known enemies both visible and invisible can bring out the hero or coward we all have within.

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Submitted by sslobodian on July 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xa xabxxBcBxc xcxx
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 461
Words 83
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 2, 10, 4
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