Teeth in Time
as birth glitters
in the light of longing
a mouth opens
white crystals
dawn inside
sparks of hope
are fitted and matched
in a more factual form
to the devourer’s socket
light reflects as far
as the solstice in laughter
pushed off
and back
a prism bends elapsed time
returning the shiny white
to finitude
surfaces testify of wastage
in yellow scrapes
and break
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Submitted by ludy_b on November 27, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 371 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3 |
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