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When the Curtains Close

Tatiana Karastanov 2010 (South Carolina)

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What A pretty family
so very beautiful
Loving Parents
Handsome sons
Gorgeous daughters
but when the curtains close
We are all monsters
we claw ate each other relentlessly
our word, our weapon
used for killing one another
so we keep the curtains open
because we want to be a pretty family.

About this poem

This is my experience about how our family looks like the best family on the block, but in reality it is so much more than that.

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Submitted by zeinistuaugustuma on February 13, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFEAGHGA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 290
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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