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Extortion

John Mullenger

She called me
Exceedingly redundant
My cry subtlety overt
I've been living online
in a bottle for years
now
it's time to repay
this loan

She sits in the corner
cornered
Naked somewhere beneath
the donned haphazardnous
she's been living alone
online with bill
flitting the souls mask
for me
it's time
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Submitted by JohhnyO on September 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXBXXC XXXBCXXAX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 283
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 9
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