Between



I wish I had a black eye
Or a parcel of bacon in butchers paper
Or a pistol in my pants pocket
Anything, to suggest that I'd come from somewhere
Expecting to arrive

Rather my kit was for the journey
Taped together and full of parts repurposed

Arriving so often late or in the wrong place or with too much expectation
To prepare anymore for anything but the way between.
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Submitted by on August 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXX XA XX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 371
Words 72
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 2, 2

Tony Merritt

Likes the way the words sound when said. Likes the way they look, when said again in one’s head. more…

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