Analysis of sunburn



the rage you reek.
the sunlit metal inside your throat. summer’s a thorn. his pale skin and golden freckles—it stings your body like sunburn.
 
he’s salty, musky, heated morning with dried straw and acid malt; you breathe his sweat; your skin is burning; the sea is choking you with salt. 
 
and hot inside, and blind with hatred you look at him, you look at him—he’s golden, vile, sharp and naked, the light is beaming on his skin. you need to scorch him; blood and pyre; you need him down on the floor to kiss the sun out of his smile so it can’t burn you anymore.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0111 011001111001111010101111011 1 110101010111010111111111001110111 1 0101011101111111111011010011101111111110101111101110111111111101
Characters 581
Words 111
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 72
Words per line (avg) 18
Letters per stanza (avg) 431
Words per stanza (avg) 108
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lou lachance

lou lachance is a jewish queer author born and raised in eastern europe who writes about identity, a sense of belonging, and emigration struggles. more…

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