protein
Calcium on dust
painted white bones
brittle strands of glucose
held together with a whisper
faint as a memory
fragile non-matter
almost not there
gone with a breath
icicles from the wood
hit the earth and shatter
no one notices
gone into water
part of the eco
no longer its own
part of the whole
no choice
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCDEDFGHDIDJKLM |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 57 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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