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but i didn't know

Nina R. Schapiro 1954 (TEXAS)



Once I live on an island
where the sweet papaya grow
and we ate our breakfast
down by the sea
and the world was a mess
but i didn't know.

I once was a nymph in a fairytale
and i lived in a waterfall
then there was a war
but my radio broke
and i had no idea at all

Once I lived in a magical place
some damned thing lured me away
lights may shine again from my face
but one went dim and forever that day
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Submitted by makeitsweet.nina on April 27, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXXA XBXXB CDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 392
Words 88
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 4

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