On a poem called guilt

Dan Schaller 1959 (Petaluma)



Guilt, sanguine and sleeveless
Stole into my life
To hijack my soul
I, suffering fool
Let him in
Drank him in
Like a fine whine
I’m kicking him out soon...

About this poem

sudden inspiration came to me while writing a letter to a lawyer, instantaneous inspiration

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Written on May 10, 2022

Submitted by djschaller on May 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEEFG
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Characters 158
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Dan Schaller

63 year old former contributor. frustrated artist, trying to feel free. Has written sports blogs, some dry non fiction and some wet fiction. more…

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