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One Line

Oladiran Oluwabukunmi 2022 (Abeokuta)

Free verse
A straight line, they say
is the shortest distance
between two points.
I include your
beginning and end too
because when you die,
the last thing the ECG reads
is one—just one—straight line.
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Written on July 15, 2022

Submitted by tosinladiran on October 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 36
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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