Worrying Habits



Said the human to the rabbit

“What strange behaviours are these?

That you would let yourself go hungry,

With all these younglings mouths to feed?”


To the human

Said the rabbit

“Just as worrying a habit

Is that of strangling your planet

By the way of felling trees”


Said the human to the donkey

“Is it not tiring to be you?

Where you back is wide for loading

But your feet too small for shoes”


To the human

Said the donkey

“Were your loads not packed so wonky

Then I may not fall off balance

And would not feel overused”



Said the human to the magpie

“Why do you thieve my items so?

Just because they’re unattended

And because they gleam of gold?”


To the human

Said the magpie

“There's no need to have an outcry,

If you take umbrage to my lifestyle -

Then keep your items home”.

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Written on 2019

Submitted by SeesawUpendown on January 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme a b c x D a a a b c x e x D c e x x f x x x D f f x x
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 834
Words 188
Stanzas 27
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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