No Curtain Call
As we age
death
reclaims us
Stealing
our youth
and then our hope
In the ground
where
memories rot
Willing us
nothing
—but the dark
(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 04, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 161 |
Words | 30 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 1 |
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