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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page.
January 22, 2024 at 7:13am
January 22, 2024 at 7:13am
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Soma

My father was a pharmacist
but science never kissed
my lips - instead I was forsaken
and by writing I was taken.

So now I sell a different drug
to put a smile on mugs
to take you from this hurtful world
and in escape you’re curled.


Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 01.22.24
Prompt: Escapism.


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