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Sheer

Ryan Blackborough

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I'm not afraid man,
but I'm barely tethered.
Tied up in knots.
So poorly measured.

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I've had this floating around for a while. It's as finished as it'll ever be. Dumb and short.

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Submitted by RyanBlackborough on June 18, 2024

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Scheme ABCB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 82
Words 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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Ryan Blackborough

 · 1984 · Adelaide

For years he lived in a secret government facility. One day they found him and were like "what the fuck are you doing here?", and they shot him. Now he wanders the earth as a ghost, a poet ghost (not a ghost writer, he's way cooler than that). For some reason he can wear hats but if he walks through a wall or something (not like tables or small stuff) the hat falls off. He's lost a lot of nice hats. more…

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  • Abbykesington
    Abbykesington
    I would love if you could share why you aren't afraid. I love that you acknowledge that fact!
    LikeReply6 months ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      Not so much afraid to be myself. I do still fear things, it's just not so inclined to be silly things as much anymore.
      LikeReply6 months ago

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