Keeping Time
There's blue skies and sunshine all the time
When I wake up in the morning the birds are chirping
The bees are buzzing and the pig is oinking in the barn
Everyday of the week I seek I search I look for something
that I can find to keep this dirty little secret off my mind.
It's like trying to keep track of time on a flip of a dime.
Running around circles until my head starts to spin
Rolling down the hill until my momentum finally stops!
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Submitted on May 13, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 88 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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