Equals



When and why sequels
are as imperious
as how we shape the plan.
"Created equals"
is as mysterious
as where and what began.

What and how we feel
is as imperious
as how we are reborn.
The heart we conceal
is as mysterious
as what and when we mourn.

Where and what we show
is as imperious
as how we play the game.
Where and when we go
is as mysterious
as how and why we came.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme abcaBc dBedBe fBgfBg
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 355
Words 77
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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