Child's Play
His face...
like yours.
He flutters
up and down,
back...to the ground,
grinding
an angel's imprint
in grit and dirt (not snow)
at your feet.
He,
who,in the womb,
tumbled and kicked
in weightlessness,
hammered out
gravity
in you.
You...
will never be the same.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX XXXXXXX AXXXXAB BX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 242 |
Words | 47 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 7, 7, 2 |
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