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Depression

Shari Sullivan 1967 (Arizona)

Denials inside anxiety
Of a depressed variety
All bottled up inside of me
Contradiction
Like my addiction sobriety
Product of society
Unspoken traditions
And responsibilities in addition
Crashing down on me
Familiar inadequacies
Fear, hasty withdrawal, retreat, defeat, I weep this prayerful hour
Waiting for willpower
Or someone to save me
In perceptions partial recovery
Lies the burning question
What's wrong with me?
Depression
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Scheme AAABAACBADEEAABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 415
Words 64
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
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