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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.
May 26, 2024 at 12:44pm
May 26, 2024 at 12:44pm
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Disappointment

It didn’t come today
they promised yesterday
it would be here tomorrow
yet here sit I in sorrow
the day has reached its eve
and hope is set to leave
expectancy is numb
tomorrow never comes.



Line count: 8
Rhymed aabb
For Express It In Eight, 05.26.24
Prompt: Write a poem about something that never arrived.


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