If i die now.

CLIFORD CLAYDEN 2000 (Migori)



If i die now,
lay me on the alphabets,
In the white soil,

dont mourn me in black,
don't cry,
put me in your stories,
and say it loud,
here lies the ink of a wordsmith.
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Submitted by clifclayd on January 05, 2021

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme XAX XXAXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 161
Words 36
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 5

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