Shift Enter



keys clanking
mind thinking
typing my hands are
but my mouth sits quietly
entering the moment
uttering the nothing
only the lonely
are shifting this slowly

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momentarily annoying.

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Written on June 17, 2022

Submitted by Alvarita on June 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDACC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 155
Words 26
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Alvarita McArthur

 · 1988 · Placerville

An inner being, let outside of me, in the air bending with the rest of the wind, while winding down every so often, enough just to barely know me, myself. more…

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