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Ica R us

Joel Nunstein 1966 (Virginia)

On wings of wax
I loved to soar
Above the highest peak;
And long for there
Forevermore
Where life from strife retreats.

But even high
Above the world
I find no skipping elf;
The pain that kills
Or turns to pearl
Is knowledge of myself.
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Written on November 05, 2019

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Scheme XAXXAX XXBXXB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 239
Words 52
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
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