Terry's Buses
get no younger.
These are one year old.
Nighttime buses bathed in
gloom fluorescent
ghost awaiting silence.
Terry's buses:
night enameled-bright.
Every nook and corner crack
lacks the cast of shadow.
The undead patrons,
shadeless, hunt a living image;
seeking self in sharp bright plastic
seats unoccupied; no soul reflected.
Neons smearing, argons streaming
Illuminate the night bus stops.
Waiting shadows without self image:
this year's young commuters,
Terry clothed.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOKPQ |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 453 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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