Skin II
Before I go, let me pour this
over your head
it is not the skin or the bones
or the rushing hot blood beneath,
it is not the eyes or the hair
or the makeup,
it is not the clothing and it is not
even the way her footsteps fall
on the pavement
that makes her beautiful,
it never has been
and it never shall be
it was always in her words
and the way she loved
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Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMN |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 356 |
Words | 80 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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