Sincerest Form Of Shame
Plagiarism self-inflicted,
it blinds veracity
keeping us forever
in the dark
To wander in costume
as others unnamed,
their vision
to herald and hark
In shadows of obscurity
doubt crossing fear,
we steal
what can’t be bought
Reflecting false images
by our hand
chasing
—what can’t be caught
(Radnor Pennsylvania: March, 2021)
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Submitted by sage48 on March 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXBXXXBAXXCXXXC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 317 |
Words | 52 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
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