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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/item_id/2316158-Eight-line-Poems-2/day/7-1-2024
Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158
The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
As usual these days, I choose blog format because it offers more space for the work.
July 1, 2024 at 7:01am
July 1, 2024 at 7:01am
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A curtain blows in the breeze to touch a table.


Nemesis

The curtains billow with the breeze from an open window
like sails set in the darkness of a moonless night
they caress the stiff form of the high table in attendance
sentry to the silent room lit by a beam from an errant streetlight.

Evidence of bedtime’s last cocoa ritual of long ago
a cup and saucer braves the flow of air and movement
a stalwart figure on the lonely height of spotlight frozen
suspended time now prepares the waiting fate for action.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 07.01.24
Prompt: As per illustration.


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