28. Tyburn -- Rain, Rain, Go Away

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The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9

28. Tyburn — Rain, Rain, Go Away

Draining,
Staining,
Raining,
Gaining.
Dreading all that draining, staining mud,
Pray the gods: No raining, gaining flood!

(To be continued...)

A/N: Tyburn is a six-line poem. The first four lines are all descriptive words, and the last two lines rhyme and incorporate the first, second, third, and fourth lines as the 5th through 8th syllables.

Meter: Trochaic & syllabic (2-2-2-2-9-9)
Rhyme: aaaabb

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