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Here are the poems:
3-awry
Alone?
By Robyn Hood Black
Door ajar, chairs askew –
Something shadowed slips from view.
Tables turned, thoughts awry –
Goosebumps gather, multiply.
Wind blows wild. Door slams NOW!
hold – my – breath…
vs.
14-verjuice
Senescence
By Matt Forrest Esenwine
Drink from the cup of your youth, my child,
Sup and be merry while young;
For the meal always cools
And verjuice of old fools
Is sour and sad on the tongue.
3-awry vs. 14-verjuice
- 3-awry (Robyn Hood Black) (64%, 114 Votes)
- 14-verjuice (Matt Forrest Esenwine) (36%, 64 Votes)
Total Voters: 178
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