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Finger on the Trigger

Desmond Black

July 23 
Blinking button
launch code
sirens
red lock
down
protocol
steel doors
flashing lights
paradise
oblivion

Newtonian atom
apple power
challenger
explosion
fallout
south tower
explosion
fallout
and the leap of faith

there's no awkward movement in
the grace of falling
say
there's no awkward movement in
the falling into fate
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Submitted by Desmond_Black on July 30, 2023

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Scheme axxxxxxxxa xbbACbACx DxxDx
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 331
Words 61
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 10, 9, 5
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