Patchwork
Incremental layers, experience, pile up
Like quilts upon a bed in cold winters;
They weigh upon me. I occupy
Myself inspecting, describing them --
Like a child with squares of patchwork.
These multicolored layers amuse:
I imbue them with richness, with depth,
Depending on my mood, my whimsey --
While their reality no more resembles
My perceptions than patterned scraps
Are like fields full of fantastic figures.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 403 |
Words | 67 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
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