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Disappointment

Jozef Milko 1960 (Bratislav)

Time enough
flashing candle
cup of wine

tenderness in us

we can fly
about the sky
in my mind

we can be sailing
two flat hand are a ship
drift on your body

we can die
hateful
tired
lonely

disappointment...
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Submitted by jozef_m on February 07, 2023

Modified on March 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAX X BBX XXC BAXC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 209
Words 45
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 3, 3, 4
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