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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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 202 |
Words | 47 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4 |
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