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Grief Thief

Clare White

Party pooper,
memory snooper.

Misery maker,
energy taker.

Candle burning,
treadmill turning.

Life numb,
pain begun.

Dream invader,
behaviour changer.

Guilt driver,
Reluctant survivor.

Locked room,
leaving soon?

Invisible thief
eternal grief.
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Submitted on February 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA BB XX AA AA XX CC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 232
Words 32
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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