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Pretend

Payton Hayes

Free verse
Black coffee, beer
-two things that are
absolutely disgusting
and I won’t pretend
they taste good.

What’s more?
I won’t pretend you
taste good, either.

About this poem

This poem was true as of 2018. But as of 2022, I do like coffee and beer. Just not the person this poem was about. That has remained the same.

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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXXX XXA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 158
Words 28
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 3
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2 Comments
  • Adroity
    Adroity
    Keep it up!
    LikeReply2 months ago
  • JLane
    JLane
    Good poem. Well done
    LikeReply5 months ago

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