Under a dark sky
my breath, a prayer
in the december air,
rises towards
a church with a leaking roof.
little doesn’t matter.
very few kindred souls
aren’t too lonely.
very little originality.
what matters
is waiting for monday.
i was given this job.
i was born to hunt myself down.
the morbid beauty.
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Written on December 12, 2024
Submitted by JoeStrickland on December 12, 2024
Modified by JoeStrickland on December 13, 2024
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AAXX AXBB XBXXB |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 299 |
| Words | 64 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
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