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No Big Mistakes

Rick Wojtala

Free verse
Figure out life before living it.
That was my goal at age 15.
I had my first beer at age 15.
No big deal.
Stick to your field and you will yield.
There is more dignity in digging ditches than being president.
But who wants that.
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Written on May 02, 2023

Submitted on May 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBCDEF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 229
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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