Tears trickled on the cold surface,
As they surrounded the table.
Deepest regrets they did confess,
Sifting between fact and fable.
Their kinship a ground unstable,
So long as they dismissed reality,
The vice that broke Cain and Abel,
Shall not break their affinity.
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(Huitain) is a French poetry form that consists of:
8-line stanza
ababbcbc rhyme scheme
Usually 8 to 10 syllables per line