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The Lazy Rhymer's House

S Mu

Free verse
two weeks of dishes in the sink
the cat is lost in the grass
two inches of dust on everything
I have foolishly amassed

the soles of my feet are brown
deserted books lay all around
my eyes are permanently cast down
so I won't see it all crash down

my beautiful place of refuge
my dream
my prize
the hard-won feeling I could really feel alive

I came here to live
but I think
I came here to die.

About this poem

Written during a depressed episode while I was alone in my house

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Written on November 22, 2014

Submitted on November 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXX BXBB XXXC CAX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 395
Words 83
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3
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