Shadow
Your naked projection that is cast
In the screen of squirming paint dots
Is like the primordial Goliath.
The umbra ignites the fire of distaste
Against the somber threads
Made strong by corruptions.
The penumbra clutches for the sun
To stay; it is what makes
The squirming paint dots to shout
Like thunder
Against the leeched viewers.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 324 |
Words | 57 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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