Collateral Heart Damage
She was going to Aunt Zella’s
Mom was away at the Lawyer’s
Dad on business in South Korea.
Import-export.
Zella was loaded, sent a Chauffeur.
Inherited husband’s largesse.
Big name Art Dealer.
Debra had a lot to process.
Arguments increasing
Frequency, vigour.
On went her earphones usually.
Or some escapist Sci-Fi novel.
Liked Robert Sawyer the best.
Canadian. Fascinating.
WWW Trilogy for example.
But all around Debra
Was non-fiction, painful, angering.
Parents like the children.
Small triggers in the everyday.
Roles reversed,
Debra felt like some sort
Of Midway Prize.
Big smile, clown-like
Ribbons swirled all around.
Long heirloom dress.
And Both were out of Town.
They were the Clowns.
Nothing but frowns.
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Written on February 20, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 20, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | A A B C A C A X D X D B X X X X A X X A X A A |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 161 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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