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Fires and Flames

B. G. O.

They danced for a while,
the colours three,
and, for a time,
they thought they were free.

The only problem,
as far as they could see
was that each of those colours
would always be

a shade out of step -
a blurred trinity.
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Written on May 27, 2024

Submitted by Vencejo on May 27, 2024

Modified by Vencejo on May 27, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XAXA XA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 224
Words 51
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
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