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History of Laughter

Michael David Shorb

The woman's voice was
Trapped inside
The River Kronos.

It clung to silt
And fishglide
Moth in torrential distance.

It was Old Winter himself
Who intervened
Fishing the stiff voice out.

You owe me, he said, half
Your love poured on stones
We'll call it laughter.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAX XAX XXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 250
Words 46
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
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