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In Debt To Tomorrow

Kurt Philip Behm

The encumbrance of peace
is war
Silence remortgaged
—as payments begin

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)
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Scheme XXXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
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Words 15
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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