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Sorry, but, that'S the way that it is



Life is what it is, what I made of it.
Thanks be to the lord or it would have worse.
Sorry, but, that's the way that it is.
At least I was never behind bars!
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Submitted by waltjack450 on July 08, 2018

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 154
Words 35
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

W. T. JACKSON

PUBLISHED TWO BOOKS, POETIC I & II. NARRATIVE POETRY WHICH TENDS TO BE INSPIRATIONAL. more…

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