Cash Or Check
Given facts
and reasoned truth…
Can't marry each other
without changing their suit
Some things our intellect
tries to explain
Can you turn off a light
that turns back on again
The reasoning sands
and factual concrete
From thin ice to thick,
what’s now indiscreet
Decisions and choices
are still made the same
But to rent or to own
—real estate of this game
(St. David’s Pennsylvania: October, 2020)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on October 19, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on October 19, 2020
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Scheme | XX AX XX XX XB XB XC XC A |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 391 |
Words | 69 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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