Bench Buddies
Wayne Blair 1951 (London)
Bench
Close to one another
Gramma holding tight
The market basket.
Teenage flipping repeatedly
Skateboard into his hands.
Relaxed.
Gramma giggles
With gloved hand covering.
So you like that
Do you Ma’am?
Watch this one then
Nearby stair well
Becomes gymnasium
For boarder’s craft.
No scrapes, bruises, breaks.
Oh here’s the Number Eleven
Hurry.
Get on with me, Son.
(A new inter-generational
Event of happenstance.)
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Written on April 06, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 06, 2023
Modified on April 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXXAXXXX XBXXBXX CACXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 425 |
Words | 79 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 7, 5 |
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