Bright Lines
“Cockroach in my coffee.
Needle in my arm.
Take me to the farm.” Aerosmith.
“The lovers cried.
The poets dreamed.” Don MaClean.
“For the wisdom of a lifetime, nobody can tell.” Rod Stewart.
“To each his own. It’s all unknown.” Bob Dylan
“The magic rats own dream gunned them down.” Bruce Springsteen.
“Working in the field you get your back burned. Working at the wheel you get your facts learned.” Bruce Springsteen.
“Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstanding all you can see. It’s getting had to be someone; but it all works out. It doesn’t matter much to me.” John Lennon.
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Written on February 24, 2025
Submitted on February 24, 2024
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Scheme | XXX XX X A B B A |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 639 |
Words | 123 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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