Deep Dungeons



Despite a life avoiding each pox,
We still end up as bones in a box.

Buried well down in forgotten lands,
That in time become hot desert sands.

Our remains will wash into seas of salt,
To descend through Earth's oceanic faults.

Destined to be in a volcano's tears,
Of flowing lava in a billion years.

To briefly be in the light of the Sun,
Before returning to the deep dungeons.
 

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The journey of human remains.

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Written on December 18, 2022

Submitted by on December 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB XX XX XX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 384
Words 85
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Jerry McManus

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