Answers Lie In You



Who will stop the killing? The question is just who.
Who will stop the shelling? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the dealing? The question is just who.
Who will stop the stealing? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the fronting? The question is just who.
Who will stop the stunting? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the dating? The question is just who.
Who will stop the mating? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the treating? The question is just who.
Who will stop the eating? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the speeding? The question is just who.
Who will stop the bleeding? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the spying? The question is just who.
Who will stop the lying? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the flirting? The question is just who.
Who will stop the hurting? The answer lies in you.
Who will stop the hating? The question is just who.
Who will stop the baiting? The answer lies in you.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
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Words 180
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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