Patina



Air,
dust,
tarnish,
fading watercolor.

Wrinkled weave
decorates each step.

Patina reveals
itself
for self
to be.

What else is there
to inherit?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXX XX XBBX AX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 132
Words 23
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 4, 2

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