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Paralytic Dreams

Christopher Thompson 1982 (Columbia, MD)

Bury me deep within
Much more than these bones and skin
Embrace the failures ahead
And slowly summerge
Plummeting in reverse
Engaging the hostility that suffocates
Shatter this honor among thieves
Bound and gagged
Force me to create that which I disdain
Manifest the intake
Show me the end game
Dangle my last thread of humanity
Just out of reach
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Written on March 12, 2023

Submitted by Tcpally on March 18, 2023

Modified on March 19, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDDEFGHIJK
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 346
Words 60
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
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