What Kind?





What kind of neighbor am I?

What kind of neighbor am I?

I'm screening your calls

through these rice paper walls

What kind of neighbor am I?

What kind of dancer am I?

What kind of dancer am I?

learned to waltz and to stroll

just to hump on a pole

What kind of dancer am I?

What kind of lover am I?

What kind of lover am I?

to corral and seduce

then say you're of no use

What kind of lover am I?

What kind of creature am I?

What kind of creature am I?

a unicorn parked at the door of the ark

What kind of creature am I?

What kind of scribbler am I?

What kind of scribbler am I?

giving birth to these critters

not by one, but in litters

What kind of scribbler am I?

What kind of writer am I?

What kind of writer am I?

making puns in a tongue

that's now spoken by none

What kind of writer am I?
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Submitted on October 22, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A A b b A A A c c A A A d d A A A x A A A e e A A A x x A
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 762
Words 169
Stanzas 29
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

stephen debonrepos

Professional illustrator/designer until mental and physical illness retired me. Music is the holiest thing in my life. more…

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