First Hand Witness



Who is the first hand witness? Who sees with your eyes?
What is the crucial litmus beyond odd surprise?

Who is the first hand witness? Who feels with your heart?
What is the crucial litmus beyond plastic art?

Who is the first hand witness? Who speaks with your lips?
What is the crucial litmus beyond comic strips?

Who is the first hand witness? Who thinks with your mind?
What is the crucial litmus beyond usual grind?

Who is the first hand witness? Who hears with your ears?
What is the crucial litmus beyond thin veneers?

Who is the first hand witness? Who walks with your shoe?
What is the crucial litmus beyond witches' brew?

Who is the first hand witness? Who breathes with your lungs?
What is the crucial litmus beyond forked tongues?

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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 728
Words 133
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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