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A Paw Sets a Track

Tom Towle

Free verse
Up on a down pillow,
Writing has left me,
Enlightened by the dark,
Open to closeness,

Slowly fasting,
Outside an inn,
Before afterthoughts,
I'm losing to win,

Nothing at all,
Short of longing,
Badly for the goods,
Whysit foolish?

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Written on 2002

Submitted by tomtowle on July 26, 2021

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXX ABXB XAXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 218
Words 39
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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