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my crimson damask rose

Eugene Redelinghuys 1974 (Wineberg)

said Mary-Sue:
"grow-up!"
always did when we
were four

thinking, how big
do you want me to be?

and today, in your opal eyes, I see
the face of a dying child
which now you knew more
when we were four.
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Submitted by eugener.35958 on February 25, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXAB XA AXBB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 202
Words 47
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4
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