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a similarity between good poetry and syphilis

scott_0910

it’s an incessant thought that you obsess over and
if left untreated
it will inhibit your ability to live normally.
a Urinary Tract Infection of the mind
that will drive you to madness,
but on the bright side
it will chauffeur you back.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 232
Words 43
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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