Love Is Not A Lightswitch



Love is not a lightswitch to be turned off and on
by some Flimsy Whimsy who uses it as pawn

Love is not a doormat to wipe off dirt from boots
by some Grainy Zany who plainly has no roots

Love is not a target to be shot at for fun
by some Daffy Sassy who wants to hit-and-run

Love is not a checkbook to be written on banks
by some Lazy Crazy who assumes they are blanks

Love is not a morsel to be forked up and chewed
by some Hungry Horsey who is greedily shrewd

Love is not a stopgap to be shared between gigs
by some Lonely Only who dances shifty jigs

Love is not a firestorm to be snuffed out with drink
by some Boozy Doozy who with alcohol shrink

Love is not a caper to be a moment's fling
by some Woozy Floozy who castigating bring

Love is not an object to be a sexual score
by some Happy Hussy who jabs as picador
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 801
Words 169
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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