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I'd Rather

M. Wilson 1993 (St. Louis)

Id rather feel boozed
Than anything else
Id rather feel used
Than love itself
Rather be hopeless
Than be insincere
Rather be hazed
Than to see things clear
Rather disappear
Than to be right here
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Submitted by M.Wilson on May 23, 2021

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Scheme ABACDEAEEF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 187
Words 35
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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