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F(r)iend

Ryan Blackborough 1984 (Adelaide)

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I know she doesn't love me.
She visits everyone.
When its looking bright.
She'll shade me from the sun.
She is all I've got.
Probably my best friend.
Though she isn't real.
I like to pretend
It's a sense of duty.
Much less out of care.
Always there beside me.
My keeper of despair.

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The usual depressing stuff.

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Submitted by RyanBlackborough on April 05, 2024

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Scheme ABCBDEFEAGAG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 281
Words 64
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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Ryan Blackborough

For years he lived in a secret government facility. One day they found him and were like "what the fuck are you doing here?", and they shot him. Now he wanders the earth as a ghost, a poet ghost (not a ghost writer, he's way cooler than that). For some reason he can wear hats but if he walks through a wall or something (not like tables or small stuff) the hat falls off. He's lost a lot of nice hats. more…

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  • daddymagic
    daddymagic
    Beautiful that you praise the person you can talk to in such an elegant way
    LikeReply 117 days ago
  • EdwinRayTanguma
    EdwinRayTanguma
    What thinks ye of…”My keeper—despair.”
    LikeReply24 days ago
  • EdwinRayTanguma
    EdwinRayTanguma
    Cool read…”Much less out of care…My keeper of despair.” ✌️⛄️
    LikeReply24 days ago

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