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Talking, Smiling, and Walking

Hannah Lybarger 2005

I’ve been smiling,
Even tho i want to cry,
I’ve been talking,
Even tho i want to be quite,
I’ve been walking,
Even tho i want to curl up and cry,
I’ve been,
Even tho i don’t want to,
I’ve smiled, talked, and walked,
Even when i didn’t want to.

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Written on August 26, 2022

Submitted by Hayhay on August 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABACABDEFE
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 257
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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