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Ride the Fulcrum

Vicki Lang

Ride  the Fulcrum

Don’t ride the teeter totter, don’t look back, don’t look back

Don’t look forward, ride the fulcrum.

Let the honey drip on your chin
Let the sun burn your eyes

Melt into the sofa for a nap

Smell the puppy’s breath and touch his warm, full belly

Laugh with your mom as she makes you a sandwich with a diagonal cut

Don’t look back, don’t look forward

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Written on April 05, 2023

Submitted on April 05, 2023

Modified on April 11, 2023

23 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme A X A XX X X X X
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 389
Words 79
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1
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