Eating Alone
Eating alone puts me in
a self-conscious mood,
every bite I take, every spill I make,
feeling hundreds of eyes staring
at my attempts to appear as if
my unaccompanied dining event
is a once-in-a-while circumstance;
reading the newspaper provides a
fortress for my lonely feelings,
occasionally, I peek from behind
the printed wall and watch other
diners who share intimate glances,
laughter and coupleness.
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Submitted by Sonny68 on January 23, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 65 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
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