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Rated: 13+ · Book · Writing · #2316158
The second of my collections of poems written for "Express It In Eight."
#1071118 added May 15, 2024 at 8:40am
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Ripe
Ripe

Yes, I’m old as the hills
an ancient antique
a dinosaur today
and a fossil always.

Way past my sell by date
I moulder and smoulder
but allow me to say
it’s much better this way.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 05.15.24
Prompt: Old as the hills.

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