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Fresh Drawn Bathwater

John Eric Hanson

How can I be cool
Enough for you
When I see that face
In the pools and puddles
And oil stained avenues?

When will I wait
Too long for you
For you to feel me
When you move through halls and shadows
And fresh drawn bathwater?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXX XAXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 214
Words 46
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
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