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Life in the Fast Lane

Kim Spivey 1957 (New York)

You were headed for trouble, messing with drugs.
Trying hard to be popular with so-called thugs.
Skipping school here and there, hanging out on the streets.
Little did you know what trouble you would meet.
Faster than lightning and moving with speed.
But now you are gone away from us, why didn't you heed?

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This poem reflects on the consequences for making bad choices in one's life.

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Written on October 04, 2012

Submitted by kimba75 on June 08, 2023

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Scheme AABCDD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 306
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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