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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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#1080809 added December 4, 2024 at 10:43am
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Guessing
Guessing

“How long should you boil an egg?”
The answer is quite dubious,
it being so long ago -
I play for time and memory,
“Hard or soft boiled?”
“Hard,” he replies, to my relief,
thinking overshoot won’t matter,
“Two minutes of boisterous boil.”


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 12.04.24
Prompt: Write a poem that contains dialogue.
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