Acoustic
She collected whispers
In jars on her desk
And stuffs her pockets
With mumbles
She wears a necklace
Of marbles
Crazy Cats Eyes
That see in the dark
She cries crystals
That she later places
In a row
On the windowsill
She had a scrapbook
Of flattened leaves,
Butterflies
And razor blades
She played guitar
But only ever acoustic
It better captured
Her emotions
She would not sing
Instead she opened a jar
And let some lost soul
Whisper along
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Submitted by BenHeart on January 04, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXA XABX AXXC XXBX DXXX XDCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 444 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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