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Empty Compliments

Rick Wojtala

Free verse
The hottest thing in the universe is the blue-white star.
That make’s Elvis Presley’s song, Blue Christmas, the hottest song.
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Written on April 29, 2022

Submitted on April 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AB
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 129
Words 21
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
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