The Look:
Charles Bukowski 1920 (Andernach) – 1994 (San Pedro)
I once bought a toy rabbit
at a department store
and now he sits and ponders
me with pink sheer eyes:
He wants golf balls and glass
walls.
I want quiet thunder.
Our disappointment sits between us.
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 11, 2020
Modified on April 27, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 189 |
Words | 37 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 1 |
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