Doctor, Doctor!

I’m waiting for a magic box

to take me far away from here

with just one key for all its locks.

I’m waiting for a magic box

to turn back time and foil the clocks.

I’ll step inside and disappear.

I’m waiting for a magic box

to take me far away from here.

This form is a triolet: eight lines with only two rhymes used throughout. The first line is repeated in the fourth and seventh lines; the second line is repeated in the final line.  Only the first two end-words are used to complete the tight rhyme scheme: ABaAabAB, where capital letters indicate repeated lines.


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