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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page.
January 15, 2024 at 7:04am
January 15, 2024 at 7:04am
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Saving the World

It was the last straw.
Jim knew this -
he had counted
and searched diligently.

So he sucked reflectively
the last dregs from the glass,
threw the straw away,
and resigned himself to paper.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 01.15.24
Prompt: The last straw.


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