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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.
March 10, 2022 at 5:24pm
March 10, 2022 at 5:24pm
#1028701
Of Cats and Mice

When Caesar fell,
lesser men fought,
but greatness had departed.

Lincoln saved a nation
and died at the hand
of an actor.

When the cat’s away
the mice should pray.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 03.10.22
Prompt: When the cat’s away, the mice will play.



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