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Lust And Love

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Lust can make you stupid. Love can make you bright.
Lust can blind like cupid. Love can yield insight.
Lust can make you anxious. Love can make you still.
Lust can make you nervous. Love can fear dispel.
Lust can make you "dirty." Love can make you "clean."
Lust is merely flirty. Love is good hygiene.
Lust can make you giddy. Love can make you calm.
Lust can drive you skiddy. Love soothes like a balm.
Lust can make you crazy. Love can make you sane.
Lust can leave you hazy. Love can clear your brain.
Lust can make you careless. Love can make you care.
Lust is harshly reckless. Love is gently fair.
Lust can make you foolish. Love can make you keen.
Lust can end up ghoulish. Love leaves you serene.
Lust can make you swindle. Love can make you true.
Lust can quickly dwindle. Love faith can renew.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

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Scheme AABCDDEEFFGGDDHH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 789
Words 153
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
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