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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.
October 26, 2024 at 6:45am
October 26, 2024 at 6:45am
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Mattress

This cheap old mattress has to go,
its tired faults too well I know;
its lumpy landscape hurts my back,
as though it wants to be a rack.

At night it makes me toss and turn,
for softer places I do yearn;
it leaves me raggèd and dark eyed,
the chilly morn sleepless to bide.


Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 10.26.24
Prompt: Write a lumpy poem.


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