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Doting forever

Jozef Milko 1960 (Bratislav)

Free verse
Time enough
flashing candle
cup of wine

tenderness in us

we can fly
about the sky
in my mind

we can be sailing
two flat hand are a ship
drift on your body

we can die
hateful
tired
lonely

doting forever
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Written on November 16, 2021

Submitted by jozef_m on November 16, 2021

Modified on March 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAX X BBX XXC BAXC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 206
Words 46
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 3, 3, 4
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