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American Story

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Woke up this morning
To try and eat my Bran Flakes
Only to find out
I was almost out of pancakes

Two bowls of Jello
A glass of O.J.
Enough to keep going
'Til the very next day

Ten dollars of food
With so much to do
Lessed than a minute
Who's watching after you

An American story
Only half way through
No time for sittin' around
Lioke there's nothin' to do

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Written on May 13, 2023

Submitted by smartedward on May 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB XCAC XDXD XDXD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 359
Words 78
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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