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If Not Love Is That Brick And Mortar Between Us

Jamal Upshaw 1954 (NYC)

Free verse
Where do
young lovers find true love
between themselves
oh where do
young lover go
but
if not love is
that
brick and mortar
between us
then,
young lovers must
know where to go
when
that
same brick and mortar
connects the soul
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Written on October 17, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

Modified by ggolden9 on October 17, 2023

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Scheme abcadefGhijkdjGhl
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 234
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
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