Nothing Is Quite As It Was
Nothing Is Quite As It Was ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
June 28, 2021
Nothing is quite as it was,
Quality gone down the drain
Sit in a restaurant expecting the best
Expectations are all in vain
Buy a car brand new-great deal!
Get ready for the fall!
Three months go by and now guess what
It’s part of a huge recall!
That house you bought, that wonderful dream
It set you back a bunch
Well after those leaks and termites too
You can’t even afford a lunch!
Nope-nothing is quite as it was
Quality gone down the drain
But what can you do but live and laugh
It doesn’t pay to go insane
So just keep trying, take the plunge
Life’s gonna slap you in the face
But so goes life, yep so it goes
Welcome to the human race!
About this poem
A humorous look at the state of "quality" in the world.
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Submitted by shulman.gary on June 28, 2021
Modified by shulman.gary on June 28, 2021
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axx ABxbxcxcxdxdaBxbxexe |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 696 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 20 |
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