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Minor distractions

Ryan Blackborough 1984 (Adelaide)

Wait beyond the earth is doomed.
Sun grew hungry, thus consumed.
Further wait until time tires.
Watch as all motion expires.
Unstitch all that has been sewn.
Witness that which can't be known.
Mould a shape that's yet unseen.
Remake all that has not been.

About this poem

A lot of these are for the same person. This was just a something for her to think about, she was sad at the time.

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Submitted by RyanBlackborough on March 28, 2024

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Scheme AABBCCDE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 255
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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Ryan Blackborough

For years he lived in a secret government facility. One day they found him and were like "what the fuck are you doing here?", and they shot him. Now he wanders the earth as a ghost, a poet ghost (not a ghost writer, he's way cooler than that). For some reason he can wear hats but if he walks through a wall or something (not like tables or small stuff) the hat falls off. He's lost a lot of nice hats. more…

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