The Napkin
God took a vacation
when time had run out
Rethinking his opus
replanning devout
His Angels in limbo
the devil on leave
Heaven a sublet
sin now reprieved
Faith worn and tattered
the bible debunked
Crusades a bad memory
the Grail marked as junk
He orders a cocktail
the waitress comes back
A napkin — her number
salvation highjacked
(The New Room: December, 2023)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 11, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XXXA XXXX XXBA B |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 369 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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