2minuteJazz



Two candleflicked shadows sway
to the beat of
bodies
to the beat of
night
slips carelessly
cascades
from shoulders
and pools
like
satin
shadows slope over arched hollows
and drag
a current of
silence
over a breast
Like red ribbon
poised music making
love.
in the shrinking distance til dawn
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aBcBdefghijklbmnjobp
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 271
Words 50
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

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