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Crossroads

Brooke Stein

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Every drop brings you closer
Closer to a crossroads
And farther from them
Too much, too little

How much is enough?
Bottle after bottle
As long as its comforting
Right?

The night and city streetlights
Encourage your habit
The kid in their room
Nothing but a whisper

Now youre at peace
And im left alone
Youre underground,
And im left with stone

About this poem

A person struggling with their parent's alcoholism, which in end the end kills them

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Written on August 03, 2023

Submitted by Kwopiisnotshort on September 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXC XCXX BXXA XDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 355
Words 75
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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