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Stay

Chris Pearson 1977 (Winnipeg)

STAY

What's the difference
Between a cut and a scratch
The kiss of a rapist
The bliss ripped from ignorance
The pain keeps you in this moment
Where we can watch you bleed
Listen to you scream
Share a dream
Don't you want to get away with it too
Without you this hunger feeds on me
I owe it all to you
Sacrament of sacrifice purifies
You forever
And me for one more day
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Submitted on January 20, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCADEFFGHGAIJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 354
Words 74
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
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