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Mao

Terence Cummings-Smith

Free verse
Mao said, "power comes from the barrel of a gun",
Mao lied,
The only things that come from the barrel of a gun are:
pain, suffering, and death.

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Written on May 15, 1987

Submitted by on February 09, 2023

Modified on April 17, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 143
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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