Through a Half Open Door
A hairbrush lies on the middle of a bare dresser
As dust cascades beside a sunlit window pane
A telephone rings out in an empty apartment
As the rain glows underneath a streetlight outside
A balloon is caught and disappears in the wind
As a field of corn murmurs as it bends
That door doesn't close. I don't want it to close.
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Still moments caught.
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Submitted by beano24 on June 11, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 319 |
| Words | 62 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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