The Claiming Race
Fame means part of you
Maybe all of you
Belongs to someone else
Someone vicarious in their intent
Insatiable given their adulation
Proprietary,
Eschewing personal risk or harm
Watching from the comfort
Of either praise or blame
They claim your soul like a
Racehorse
When you win their hearts
Leaving your memory abandoned
—when dissident odds prevail
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2015)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 22, 2018
Modified on March 26, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 1 |
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