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Falling Up

Shel Silverstein 1930 (Chicago) – 1999

I tripped on my shoelace

And I fell up—

Up to the roof tops,

Up over town,

Up past the tree tops,

Up over the mountains,

Up where the colors

Blend into the sounds.

But it got me so dizzy

When I looked around,

I got sick to my stomach

And I threw down.
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Submitted by ellag.53184 on May 19, 2021

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Scheme X X A B A X X X X X X B
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 242
Words 54
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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Shel Silverstein

Sheldon Allan Silverstein was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer-songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before being drafted into the United States Army. more…

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