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Reservior

Renee Willaway 1990 (Texas)

You’re my reservoir
Of all the things
I promised you
And couldn’t do
My little source of
Rotten hope
You overflow with
All we’ve had
To undergo
And all the shame of
Such an ineffective love
As mine
To run you dry

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A poem for my children.

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Written on September 17, 2023

Submitted by raywillaway on September 18, 2023

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Scheme ABCCDEFGHDDIJ
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 220
Words 44
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
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