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Running With Scissors

Charles l Porter 1953 (Lansing, mi)

didn't your momma tell you
when you were young and stupid
that they are pointy and cut paper
to leave them on the table
especially where she could find them
i know dad certainly did
adding a few choice words in the process
they must have shouted it at you
DON'T RUN WITH SCISSORS

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one of many things i was told as a child and actually listened to

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Submitted by Ppp01prt on June 03, 2022

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Scheme ABCDEFGAH
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 279
Words 54
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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