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Gum

Eliab Johnson 1989 (Columbus MS)

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The Sally Rally Bally shop is where I get my fruity gum,
The gum explodes inside my mouth like fallen bombs inside the mines,
I chew my gum to calm my nerves,
Without my gum I lose my mind,
As the flavor melts away the nerves start raging back to me.
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Written on May 02, 2023

Submitted by hatwwer on May 02, 2023

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Scheme ABCDE
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 250
Words 55
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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Eliab Johnson

Eliab Johnson started writing poetry, books for fun at age 14 . He slowly stopped over the years getting caught up in life. He obtained his business management degree later starting a small business that has been a great success. The business has impacted so many lives in such positive ways. In the process he gained two kids a boy and a girl. He is a born and raised country gentleman from Columbus, MS. more…

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