Swallow
I swallow my words
With poison and poise
I swallow my words
To keep peace
pride
To keep me in
To swallow my words
I hold the letters beneath my tongue
Like pills waiting to come back up
I drink you in
To wash them back down
Ready to speak
You hold me down
By my throat you ease the letters in
Each thrust and squeeze knocks a letter down
only then
I swallow my words again
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Your mind may not be spoken
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Written on May 02, 2024
Submitted by carlyjeanne on May 03, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A x A x b a x x b c x c b c x |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 395 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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