Memory Hacked
When you’re inside,
you can always get out
But stuck outside,
you must plead and then shout
“please let me
please let me
please let me in”
This darkness unending,
my veneer wearing thin
“please let me
please let me
please let me back”
My key has been stolen
—my memory hacked
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on August 26, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ab ab CCd xd CCx xx x |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 326 |
Words | 56 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1 |
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