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Awaiting

Kurt Philip Behm

Looking under
the streetlamp
vision departs

While all that we’re
missing
hides in the dark

The familiar
accepted
our nature’s are such

That what’s in
our comfort zone
pleases us much

Distracting
from vistas
that broaden our view

Unknown
and still waiting
— to birth us anew

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 22, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXX ABX AXC XDC BXE DBE X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 313
Words 58
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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