A Story's Life

A Story's Life


Consumed with haunting day-dreams awaken

Thirsting soulless men.
Worthless mistaken fools to ink my pen; to write my own death.

Empty dry skins dangle in my closet
Musing life forward:

Another post-it, a tiny reward, novel crimes to sell.




I haven't named this poem form yet:

syllables: 10-5-15-10-5-15
rhymes: are at the syllables of the letters.
(note: I see it as two stanzas however it's only one)

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Another example: "A Lonesome Calm"