'Last Domino'
When does pursuing knowledge
become undone
Letting intuition
take over the day
Why does raw intelligence
die zero sum
Factually blinded
—last domino played
(The New Room: July, 2023)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 24, 2023
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| Scheme | XAAX XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 188 |
| Words | 32 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
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