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Oxygen

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)

She had a tank of oxygen
She carried on her back
She smoked another cigarette
But had no heart attack

I guess that it was hardened
Like a stone that can’t be moved
I know she tried to kill herself
Butt, that I cannot prove

If you’ll look at the evidence
I think that you will find
The way that she was breathing
Caused her whole life to unwind
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Written on February 02, 2016

Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 349
Words 71
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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