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What If

Joseph m Novo 1951 (Watsonville Ca)

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What if the world
Should stop it tracks
Would anyone stop
To find out the facts

Should the stars not shine
The night sky be black
All would look
Wondering when they're coming back

With the flowers left bare
Losing all of their fragrance
With nothing to fill
The loss of innocence

What if the world
Should be void of care
Then we would remember
The world should better share

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A look at the world around us.

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Written on April 12, 2021

Submitted by josephmn on November 10, 2022

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Axxx xbxb cdxd Acxc
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 376
Words 73
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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