Eleven: Etheree

Definition: an etheree is a 10-line poem with the following syllabic pattern: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

lawful


Your Country Thanks You Today today black
billowing robes, somewhere in those folds
of black blackness swim the fire
red police siren of white
white honor under this
blue freedom sky (Li
berty eyes the
clock who is
watching
her

{inspired by: Jury Duty}