Choosing the Right Word

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Rated: E · Poetry · Writing · #2111328

"There can be only one." Highlander (1986) Line Count: 12

There can be only one!
One perfect word
to complete the rhyme,
to make the metaphor shine
across the dark parsecs of time.

A thousand stars in the sky
encourage a poet to write
odes to her heart's delight,
but if the wrong word is chosen
it carries the simile astray,
dams the rhythm's flow
and hides the metaphor's glow.

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