Hush
Hush – don’t you listen?
Not the purring of a cat
Not the humming of a bird
Not the bumping of coconuts -
It is more like a drumming.
A tap -tap on the leather
by two unified fingertips -
Or fat drops of water on
The rooftop on a storm -
Or a soldier’s foot stomp.
It is nothing – it is only
Two hearts communicating.
Breath. Circulation. Blood
It is an old medium.
One of the hearts is my own.
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Submitted by Papalagui on April 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 394 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
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