Acoustic



She collected whispers
In jars on her desk
And stuffs her pockets
With mumbles

She wears a necklace
Of marbles
Crazy Cats Eyes
That see in the dark

She cries crystals
That she later places
In a row
On the windowsill

She had a scrapbook
Of flattened leaves,
Butterflies
And razor blades

She played guitar
But only ever acoustic
It better captured
Her emotions

She would not sing
Instead she opened a jar
And let some lost soul
Whisper along
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Submitted by BenHeart on January 04, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXA XABX AXXC XXBX DXXX XDCX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 444
Words 86
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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