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City Is Crying

Solomiya Payuk

Drops of rain...
Fresh and sad
Like tears.
City is crying
His soul is dying
From the poison of pollution...
But we don't care,
We continue prosecution
Like a capital punishment
Of trees, air, and ourselves
"Stop!"
City is crying...
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Submitted on August 08, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme abcDdefeghiD
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 220
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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