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Gin, Tonic and Panic

Kahtan Kibasi 1942

Give me gin
For my soul,
Lemon for my lips
And plenty of ice for
My heart,
Tonic to the dead!
The wailing and banging,
It is not a performance
You hear, it is only
The sirens in my head.
I am here hanged dead!
Inside my own head.
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Written on June 23, 2019

Submitted by Poetry@80 on March 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIFFFJ
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 236
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
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