Analysis of Have to fix some taps.



You look at me
And those nights embraced
Raise their little heads.
Calm, enticing times we had.
So naturally entwined.
So casual in topics enjoyed.
So rich in common thought
Waves.
I start a sentence.
You finish.
You jab me in the rib
Then hug me
Long and hard and rightly.
This afternoon I saw
You in the Mall
With the girls.
Springing up so beautifully.
Always thought they looked
Most like your Mom.
Barry’s girls.
The second adopted
By you two.
But I didn’t go over.
Didn’t talk.
Headed for Hardware.
Plumbing work in my Apartment…


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 544
Words 113
Sentences 17
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 26
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 418
Words per stanza (avg) 97
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Written on January 31, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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