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Slow and Fast

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)

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My time moves fast and it moves slow.
Depending on how well things go.
While teaching children at the school,
I taught them all each helpful rule.
And they were taught the lessons that
Would help them stand when they're knocked flat.
But now I'm home retired at last
Amazed how time was slow and fast!

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The changing times

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Written on January 16, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 16, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on January 16, 2024

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Scheme AABBCCDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 302
Words 61
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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