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Only Two

Brady Bowen 1973 (Louisiana)

Free verse
When she breathed her champagne spirit into my mouth
her little hands made my head her prisoner
imperfect hands
and yet I have known none more welcome
none more capable of cooly soothing
or tracing fire on what was soothed
of healing hurts
and the sweeping aside of all things
leaving only two.
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Written on September 14, 2022

Submitted by BradyB999 on September 13, 2022

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 300
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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