Yes
Waiting for the final ticket out,
I would write that ending word
And bid goodbye to all I’d said
both ignored—and often heard
I asked the conductor about the fare,
he said “How much can you pay”
As I held my pen, three letters
came together—so arranged
A moment lingered, a lifetime flashed,
the past and future caught
And with voucher punched I climbed aboard
stamped YES—salvation bought
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 08, 2018
Modified on March 11, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XA XA XX XX XB XB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 445 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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