Earl Grey
Frail bones and pale blue pipeline
Under pink crepe paper skin
Sit watch over steeping tea
Two flawlessly painted cups
Peonies on bone china
Stains mark the hairline fractures
Bergamot and cold cream smells
Swell amid the odors of
Cinnamon and cigarettes
Glassy eyes with swirls and clouds
Make their way around the room
Watching the kettle for steam
And the window for warblers
Then settle down on my eyes
A watched kettle never boils
You say in habitual hush
Low laughter boils over and
Woody words drop from our mouths
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX XXA XXX XXX AXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 504 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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