Grey Matter
The philosophy
of language
its essence
rephrased
The alpha
and beta
unknown
without names
All dialects
freeing
the sound
of the ink
Without words
and their meaning
could
— we ever think
(Villanova University: April, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 13, 2024
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| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 41 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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