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Needs

Rick Wojtala

Love makes me cry.
No place to hide.
At 65 age what do I dream of?
To die of natural causes.
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Written on March 19, 2023

Submitted on March 19, 2023

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Scheme ABCD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 92
Words 24
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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  • luisestable1
    luisestable1
    It is not sure here why love makes him or her cry. Is it because he or she has none? Or is the strength of love that cause the crying? And why at 65 the person feels so down or hopeless. These things we do not read in the poem.
    Perhaps a little more elaboration would not be bad. 
    LikeReply1 year ago

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