personal anachronism



a librarian out of time
books in their satchel
the words of authors yet unborn
held like cards close to their chest
a personal anachronism
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Submitted by mid.night.poet on January 31, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 138
Words 25
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5

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