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Excuses

Heidrun Paula Emma Kordholste-Nikander

Excuses, excuses, excuses
Hundreds and hundreds of ways to use it
Excuses, to deny the truth
Behaving, like a stupid goose
Hiding behind some random lies
Out of the window, the friendship flies
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 188
Words 33
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
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