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A Boat on a Leash

Tom Case 1967 (California)

I dreamed that I had
a boat on a leash,
which was strange
because moments before,
I had it in the ocean,
and I was fishing off
the starboard side.
My nephew was with me
and he got us lost.

We dragged that boat all
over Ventura.
We were looking for
the marina.
The longer that the boat
was on the leash,
the smaller it got.
Pretty soon it was
just a toy, a poisoned
dog that we
threw in the trash.

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This came to me in a dream.

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Written on February 15, 2023

Submitted by toddcase888 on February 15, 2023

Modified by toddcase888 on February 15, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXBXXXCX XDBDXAXXXCX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 397
Words 92
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 11
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