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The Funeral Girl

Lowell Keith Parker

She's my little funeral girl,
dressed in black.
I'll never have her,
Never hold her,
yet still the waves crash
and enfold her.
So I settle with these photos,
dried dark flowers
and delicate
origami,
and bend to the page
to write another verse
again for my funeral girl,
my distant friend.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCCDCEFGHIJAK
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 275
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
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