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After strokes

pat hursey

If only I could wipe it clean
and start over again.
To do the things I used to do
Which now I try in vain.
I used to dance, and very well
but now I only stagger.
My brain is now so full of holes
I wish it didn't matter.
Oh to return to what I was
but that is wishful thinking.
So carry on just as I am
Don't even bother blinking.
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Submitted on August 04, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGFHIJI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 318
Words 73
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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pat hursey

always interested in writing and poetry .Much of it though dwells on melancholy. I have always loved the poems by Longfellow. He is great. more…

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