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Sandals

Marcus Holley 1992 (London)

A girl pulled off her sandals and ran down a beach towards the sea.

The soft sand slipped in between her toes.



The golden drops of water

Flew away from her like problems

And those jealous shoes just wished

That she had taken them with her.


Meanwhile, elsewhere,

A pair of boots watched with indignation

As their owner winced about his past.

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Fly away like problems

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Written on 2019

Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X A X X A X X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 351
Words 77
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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