Play me the song of grief



play me the song
of grief
watch me dance
to this crying drum
i have long
forgotten how
to smile

play me
the drama
of guilt
I'll grab
popcorn and sit
to enjoy the
dripping sorrow
of this screen

play me the song
of grief
I'll dance to it
in
perfect sync

© Oluwatobi Moremi
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Submitted by tobi_moremi on August 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABxcaxx dxxxedxx ABexx c
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 277
Words 61
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 5, 1

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