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Second Guessing


This word or that word,

the length of the line

 

The meter, the rhythm,

to rhyme or not rhyme

 

Each voice comes unsettled,

new phrases diverse

 

Is it this way or that way

—when penning the verse

 

(The New Room: December, 2021) 

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