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Witch Hunt

Colton Smith

Black veils streak the sky
on a night without a moon.
Glowing amongst torch lit trees
in the flickering light,
madmen fed on fear and lies.
Burning their burdens on the wooden stake.
To rid the world not of evil,
but of their own jealous contempt
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 239
Words 46
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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