Once upon a time



Once upon a time
Somewhere in some Africa
In line with your divine
Or mine, or contrary to that

In par, in leu, in lack of any
Some, or maybe - many,
Or God forbid - “Particular” intent

Yet certainly, and probably
With no doubt - without
Dent in attitude
Remorse, regret, or -
Getting out

Of his/her mind
Or losing sleep
Or having other
So called “awakening event”

Someone who silently
And likely selfishly
While disappointed
Yet to some point - bluntly

And obviously unaware
Of misalignment
With local, focal, and - very vocal
Minus minor, yet finer
Spectrum of opinions

That someone unilaterally
While disregarding own thoughts
Committed act of negligence
With undeniable
Explicitly presented evidence

Less thoughtfulness aside,
And stiffness
Coarseness, hardness,
Brittleness
Or even lack of hair atop his head
Which must be groomed
(He keeps forgetting that  :))
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Submitted by Andrei_Smyk on December 16, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXA BBC BDXXD XXEC BFXB XAFEG BXHFH XIIGXXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 881
Words 153
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7

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