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A wish

Laurent Colvin 1964 (San Francisco)

A wish,
wished by few,
wishing wishes mattered
or came true.

Silently hoped for
silently endured.
Silently
disappointed,
and privately absurd.

I wish my wish
realized or not.
With my wish I have some hope.
Hope,
right now,
is all I’ve got,
and my wish helps me cope.

Dashed on the rocks
before I fell.

A wish
never uttered
is a hope
in hell.
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Submitted by Nivloc on April 29, 2021

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Scheme Abcb xxxxc adeexde xf Acef
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 322
Words 64
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 7, 2, 4
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Laurent Colvin

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