Long Afternoon
Snow washed the sun in worn
White cotton and
Covered up the music in my head.
The weak book on the table sat
Wanted like
A scared man's whiskey
Strong in its musty smell,
Beckoning.
A stained light
Pinched through
The window
Danced in my curved hand
And still I couldn't
Sing the word
To catch time
Browned and
Dancing all around me.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOBF |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 317 |
Words | 63 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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