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That Final Thing

Kurt Philip Behm

Beyond genius
the spirit flies
Beyond genius
the mood decries
Beyond genius
no courses rowed
Beyond genius
all time disowned
Beyond genius
the map refolds
Beyond genius
a world untold
Beyond genius
the critics gasp
Beyond genius
no serpent asp
Beyond genius
the telling stops
Beyond genius
no on—then off
Beyond genius
all sight and sound
Beyond genius
the square is round
Beyond genius
no lies are told
Beyond genius
what’s new is old
Beyond genius
the heavens sing
Beyond genius
—that final thing

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2015)
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Submitted by Kurt Philip Behm on January 25, 2019

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AbAbAxAxAaAcAdAdAxAxAeAeAcAcAfAf x
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 547
Words 88
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 32, 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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