from a frankfurt bridge
The sun is setting,
but the bankers have long been home already.
their role in the worship of capital
awaits their morning return
to the cubbies in the spires of money.
Still, the shoulders they stand on
keep working
plying the even more consistent waters below
I smile –
without everything that made this scene possible
I would never be here to see it.
About this poem
Inspired by a city sunset on the eve of a flight home.
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Submitted by KevinMarston on June 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDBEAFGCH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 403 |
Words | 64 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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