off the vine
salt on watermelon
and her
she is left wondering
if the swallowed seed
is sprouting in her
hollowed-out gut
fertilized by the doubt
the worry of being
inadequate
and when it sprouts
when it blooms
grows ripe and ready
to be plucked, carved
into like a summer
jack-o-lantern
rotted fruit spills
onto the table
over the slicing hands
of the harvester
spoiled
the salt sits unmoved
there isn’t enough
in the shaker
to cover up this mess
this wasted effort
save the seeds
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Submitted by darqjuliet on March 11, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | XA BXACXBC XXXXAX XXXA XXAXX X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 89 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 7, 6, 4, 5, 1 |
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