Old cotton

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



I love my old rags

T shirts, jeans,

Anything cotton

Light as the breeze...


After untold washes

Softness evolves

I like them clean.

Not on the nose.


They give me status

I am not proud...

Enjoy the comfort

And their strangely loud...


If I am wealthy

Who would know?

When I wear old cotton

It gives me a glow.

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Written on May 21, 2024

Submitted by myway6119 on May 21, 2024

Modified by myway6119 on May 21, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X A X A X B X B
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 330
Words 89
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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