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Unbaptized Words

Kurt Philip Behm

The contract unsigned,
pen firmly in hand

The bliss not for barter,
its insight freestands

Fame and notoriety,
may go where they please

To my grave and beyond,
the verse teaches and frees

No pity I ask for,
understanding I shun

My fortune unspoiled,
wolf’s mountain to run

Till one day uncovered,
hidden deep on the shelf

A message uncensored,
as I wrote for myself

And that voice I was gifted,
and the music I heard

In themselves live forever,
—free unbaptized words

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 27, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XX AB XB XB XC XC DE DE XD AB X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 489
Words 87
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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