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Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158
The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
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#1073988 added July 15, 2024 at 6:42am
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Misfortune
Misfortune

If I didn’t have bad luck
I’d have no luck at all
so says the dreaming pessimist
his back against the wall.

The truth is our misfortune
is not eternal blight
as bad times are the counterpoint
that give the good times’ height.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abcb
For Express It In Eight, 07.15.24
Prompt: Misfortune.
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