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Imogene

Judith E. Borenin

Imogene imagined.
When she slept
she dreamed.
Such awful dreams.
They shook her awake
and reality was
a cold and silent floor.
So she imagined some more.
Until the floor was warm
with the tread of
someone there.
She grew cobwebs
in her hair
imagining.
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Submitted by jborenin on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGGHIJKJL
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 238
Words 45
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
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