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All Or Nothing At All

Kurt Philip Behm

The farther we stray
from our natures
the more depressed we get

Hunting, fishing
and chopping wood
our DNA and yet ...

We sit and stare
at digital screens
our spirits on the run

And shun each other
inhumane
our futures zero — sum

(The New Room: September, 2024)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 28, 2024

Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on September 29, 2024

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Scheme XXA XXA XXX BXX B
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 267
Words 53
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
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