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Gifting Today

Kurt Philip Behm

Attract them
with tomorrow
but give them today
Entrance them
with verses
that pause and delay
The moment
resplendent
divorcing from time
To marry
with wonder
— those hoping to find

(The New Room: March, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 08, 2024

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Scheme AXBAXBCCXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 212
Words 37
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 1
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