Woebegone

by tfawcus

Though idle basking may be wrong,
I long to; it's my lust.
If I were just a wobbegong,
I'd bask and not be fussed.
I'd lie upon the ocean floor
in camouflage,
a brown mirage,
(though rather large)
and just letharge,
discharge a yawn, then bask some more.

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2020

The Wobbegong is a type basking shark found in Australian waters. It has small sharp teeth and is not afraid to use them.

The Chime Operandi is a torture devised by Dolly'sPoems, God bless her.

The complex rhyming scheme is below. The poem has 10 lines. 8.6.8.6.8.4.4.4.4.8. Written in iambic metre.

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Woebegone

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