exit here
i love you like a biscuit
melted soft and heated sweet
the sign post marks the distance
30 miles, twenty feet
with each passing gated-farmhouse
each long-tongued, wagging cow
i water for the taste of it
only 19 miles now
the buttered, floured memory
of your golden yellow kiss
has left me as a beggar
wanting more, tasting bliss
1 mile left to your truck stop
i can hardly feel my feet
as they lunge onto your doorstep
your smile, my hunger
let's eat
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC XAXDA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5 |
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