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Doublecross

Kurt Philip Behm

The paradox
of self-awareness
near and yet so far

Looking out
to see within
imploding like a star

The door that enters
exits free
its threshold bright then dim

Allowing what
the psyche fears
—to pass both out and in

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 06, 2023

Modified on March 07, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXA XBA XXX XXB X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 247
Words 47
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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  • xxchromosomes
    xxchromosomes
    My goodness, I enjoyed this. We make the simple complicated. You made it complicated and then simple again. Thank you for sharing.
    LikeReply1 year ago
    • Kurt Philip Behm
      Kurt Philip Behm
      Thanks so much. I try to use the simplest language to present difficult concepts.
      LikeReply1 year ago

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