#catalectic

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Dicatalectic, adj. /di-ca’tal-ek’tic/ - Doubly catalectic; wanting a syllable both in the middle and at the end.

Catalectic, adj. /kadəˈlek’tik/ - Of poetry, lacking one syllable in the last foot.

       Source: The Oxford Universal Dictionary, 1933

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peel it from the metal spin rip the frill uneven then fold and tear and fold and tear

pinching, biting fingers sore rip a bit and then some more fold and tear and fold and tear 

their bullet hole trinity heavenly infinity fold and tear and fold and tear

excess margins cleave and clip gone the crimson surplus strip fold and tear and fold and tear

smaller still with each straight edge holy on that paper ledge fold and tear and fold and tear

scrape away messiah skin paper strips then paper thin fold and tear and fold and tear

thinner, thinner blue and white smaller, smaller holy rite stacks unkempt like pallid skin thinner, thinner, thinner, thin stacks like peaks our sins atone stacks unkempt like pallid bone fold and tear and fold and tear