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Drop The Matter

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Injure and hobble
Offend and gnash
Repair and cobble
Secrete and cache

Inflate and shrivel
Pummel and bash
Mutter and snivel
Quarrel and clash

Deceive and nobble
Constrict and slash
Devour and gobble
Stockpile and stash

Argue and quibble
Confront and gash
Puzzle and dribble
Debate and thrash

Fumble and bobble
Splinter and smash
Rotate and wobble
Tumble and splash

So drop the matter
Then see it splatter
It was mere clatter
Meant for a ratter

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB CCCC
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 421
Words 76
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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