False Security
Write a check to yourself for a million dollars.
Claim to have immense worth
wearing fine white collars.
Keep nothing in the bank backing specious hollers.
This is false security
known to finance scholars.
Write a splendid diet for reducing the pound.
Claim an exercise plan
that is healthfully sound.
Keep nothing in the walk backing a proving ground.
This is false security
known for the beat around.
Write a marriage license for coupled assurance.
Claim a solemn wedlock
as further insurance.
Keep nothing in the heart backing up endurance.
This is false security
known in divorce currents.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abaaCadeddCdfgffCh |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 576 |
Words | 98 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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