Sew and reap

Odete Oliveira 1977 (USA)



Easy freak
Hungry beast
Wet tease
Shocking please
Getting steep
In too deep
Heart seep
Sew and reap
Questions keep
Ache by disbelief
Scars of need
Impressions of bleed
glance of relief
Eyes written in belief
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Written on December 01, 2023

Submitted by odete_o on December 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCCDDDDDEFFEE
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 208
Words 37
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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