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We All Pay

The Ferryman Awaits

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished about a month ago • 1 min read
We All Pay
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When our time does come

We all say we will not pay

But we know we will


Author's Note: Welcome to day twenty-eight on my path down the fifty-day song/lyric-inspired senryū challenge! Today's poem is inspired by "Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris de Burgh, which you can listen to below.

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Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com

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