Tell Her This
Slowly she threads the soles
back together holds intently
the needle that will pierce
through and out of the rubber.
She is not to prick herself.
Her room is filled to the wall
with shoes. Her arms are heavy
with twine. If this is payment
for her father’s debts no one knows.
She is the oldest person in this town.
Whomever she must owe must be dead.
None of us has the strength to tell her this.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | X A X X X X A X X X X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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