Tokens In Exile
Seconds hunger
days unweaned
compression fracture
broken dreams
Minutes uncounted
hours unnamed
Humptiest Dumpty
in pieces again
Yahweh once spoken
reason besieged
tokens in exile
pagans to grieve
One for the money
two when it’s shown
oracle harlot
—cursed and dethroned
(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAX BBBX XBXX XXBB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 306 |
Words | 48 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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