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Penelope

Judith E. Borenin

Lady grey hair
your needles knit
and pearl the gloom,
drawing polished corners
of the room into mute
patterns and frayed ends.

You frown and count and
click, weaving woolen words
and soft reproaches
that itch when unfolded
across the bed.
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Submitted by jborenin on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXAXX XXAXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 228
Words 41
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 5
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