Relativity
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Lines and angles,
Intersecting and twisting
In a world
That's both
Strange and familiar.
A man
Walks on the ceiling,
Another on the wall,
While orbs float
Weightlessly
Around them all.
Staircases
Lead both up
And down.
People climb
In every direction.
And clocks,
They defy convention,
Ticking
In all orientations.
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Written on June 19, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 19, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDEFBGHGGIJKLMNMBO |
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| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 326 |
| Words | 69 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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