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The Show That Never Was

Angelina D. Miles 2008 (Arkansas)

Free verse
Eagles fly,
Records break,
And hearts ache.

Lack of direction,
Lack of love,
Longing for respect,
We lose our way.

The lights go down,
The stage is empty,
The chaos ends,
The show that never was.
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Written on November 23, 2023

Submitted by AngelinaMiles2008 on November 24, 2023

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Scheme XAA XXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 198
Words 48
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4
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