Juxtapose
My earliest memories are of the
spackled designs
strewn across our white stucco ceiling.
They were asterisks
missing their middles,
or small explosions
in a comic strip.
I recall golden sunlight
thick as honey,
dripping down my windowsills
and walls,
pooling at my feet.
I recall sitting in a large wicker basket
while my mother tended her garden
nearby.
The basket was padded with pillows
to protect me.
I recall my father
slumped over himself,
folded in half like a lawn chair,
the contents of his Tervis Tumbler
soaking into the shag carpet
of our sunken living room,
ice cubes slowly melting.
I recall him sitting
in that same scratchy recliner
sobbing loudly to himself
in the dark.
I crept around the corner
towards him
and asked him what was wrong.
He held me tightly for some time
yet he gave no reason.
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Written on April 21, 2023
Submitted by MikeGrimes on September 19, 2023
Modified by MikeGrimes on September 19, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAB AAXX XCAXX DEXXC FGXFDXB BFGX FXXXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 851 |
Words | 163 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 5, 7, 4, 5 |
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