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A Heart Now Taken

Kurt Philip Behm

I never wanted to own the words,
but only rent them

I never wanted to stay too long,
just not leave early

I never wanted to hear the answer,
and keep the question

I never wanted to give my name,
—a heart now taken

(Train To Dartmouth: July,7: 2016)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on July 07, 2016

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Scheme XX XX XA XA X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 242
Words 50
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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