I Just Want to Swim

Tom Case 1967 (California)



She had that
octopus smile,
always reaching for
something.
I was her small
fish; her handmaid.
I lived in her nebulous
world for far too long.
Inky confusion...

There's a reason for
your treason, said the
old man to the shark,
but Hem forgot, a beast
is a beast, they do
beastly things.
We all have to eat.

I'm done being the
meal.
It's your Ocean,
I'm just trying to
swim in it.

You're an oyster,
and I want your
pearl,
but I won't drown
for it.
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Written on February 14, 2023

Submitted by toddcase888 on February 14, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXXAXXC BDXXEXX DXCEF XBXXF
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 449
Words 103
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 7, 5, 5

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