Book Store
The rain should come through the door
but they're quick, even with knock-knees
and bent spines, filing in like termites
into a mound. I want to speak to them
but it's custom to be quiet
unless a reason presses itself upon us.
And there are so many reasons
yet only on the recommended shelf,
or if that fails, up the escalator
where hope lessens a little bit more
the higher up the floor.
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Submitted on August 08, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 378 |
Words | 73 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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