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Intrusive thought

MUZZ

Looking at it, this bridge is high
a simple thing, to hop the ledge
if I fell from here, I'd certainly die
why do I think: that's a pretty edge.
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Written on December 04, 2024

Submitted by muzz on December 05, 2024

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Scheme ABAB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 144
Words 30
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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  • shuh.84154
    shuh.84154
    Short but sweet poem
    LikeReply1 month ago

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