A cinquain is a five line poem with syllable count of 2/4/6/8/2 with the title as a significant sixth line. Traditionally there is a downward turn in either the fourth or final line.
As I did once before in a posted cinquain, I have placed three syllables in the final line and seven in the penultimate line - Adelaide Crapsey, the inventor of this form of poetry over a hundred years ago, did the same thing in several of her 28 cinquains. She never actually said the form had to be strictly 2/4/6/8/2, and the fact that she deviated from this more than once says to me that there is no need for us to in order to maintain the integrity of her form.

Consider the multiple meanings of "gravity" when reading.

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