The Stick Handlers



The stick handlers come late
and stay until long after midnight
When the stick handlers spin sticks
they make quite an impressive sight

They hold them high over their heads
while swishing them thru the air
It is what they most want to show
to make clear that they were there

Swish swish swish one after the other
is heard in the crisp cool night air
The stick handlers many swishes
almost seem to come out of nowhere

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It cries in the night...

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Submitted by cubs1969 on November 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 418
Words 80
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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