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Sleight Of Hand

Kurt Philip Behm

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You’re part way in
you’re part way out
half full till something more

The middle of the center
the jesters
hidden lore

Dimension plays
one last charade
—to even up the score

(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 06, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAX XXB CXB XXB C
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 232
Words 44
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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