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One Flu Over The Cuckoo's Nest

RickthePoetWarrior 1954 (Saint John, NB)

Free verse
Arrested by Alpha
Brought to by Beta
Detained by Delta
Guarded by Gamma
Oppressed by Omicron  
Caged-inn COVID
But if Mu Kappa one Iota of hope
About Wuhanded off this Lambda of Greek to me
Eta chance you may 'diss'appear
Occidental lee Xi

About this poem

From my book 'COVID19 SCENE Seen'

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Written on November 01, 2021

Submitted by RickthePoetWarrior on December 18, 2021

Modified on March 31, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAABCDEFE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 241
Words 45
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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