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Well Meant

Chris Abani

Twenty-five hundred tins of tuna,
no can opener.

Powdered milk that loosened unfamiliar
stomachs speeding death.

Three thousand Bibles dropped into
Mujahudden children.

One thousand blankets and sweaters,
sent to tropical hot zone.

Crates of suturing thread and no needles.
Thousands of candles and no matches.

Tubes of toothpaste and no toothbrushes.
Boxes of high heeled shoes.
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Submitted by Nazetel on September 01, 2021

Modified on March 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XA AX XX XX XX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 369
Words 57
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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