Men at it…
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
So what’s to talk about?
Got your coffee?
Hockey, school teacher Trudeau
Your backroom reno coming along.
Next June’s trip to Temagami.
But that sour face of yours?
What gives, Alex.
Oh, not so much
Don’t want to put the
Damper on things.
Bill pipes in.
No really, Alex
I think you should.
Put to a vote. Two hands raised.
One abstaining.
And so it began.
Falteringly.
The real reason for this Sunday morning.
Next time probably
It would be easier.
About this poem
Men have trouble becoming real, transparent, vulnerable. Pity.
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Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 06, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 06, 2023
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Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKGLMNOPNBQ |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 454 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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