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A dream of war

Rebecca Acosta


Captured without cages
We did sit with white flags
Stillness uncompromised
Heavy metal holding us down

Fear when they're not around
Damaging our courage
Shriveling our tamed leaves
Hollowing at our fine branches

His face, of a hippie
His body, that of a monk
They have shaken him dull
Have changed him into mindlessness

Think...a brilliant future
One with bread and pistol
A broken phone booth
A melody that remembers

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Submitted on November 30, 2012

Modified on April 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBX BXXA XXCA XCXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 402
Words 71
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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