Misbegotten Scoundrel



Improper in origin, disqualified at birth,
the misbegotten scoundrel
was meagerness and dearth.
Improper in origin, ineligibly be-joshed,
the misbegotten scoundrel
was restrained and kiboshed.
Improper in origin, prohibited from joy,
the misbegotten scoundrel
was frontage and decoy.
Improper in origin, irrelevant to need,
the misbegotten scoundrel
was enslaved and un-freed.
Improper in origin, superfluous in life,
the misbegotten scoundrel
was resentment and strife.
Improper in origin, unlawfully conceived,
the misbegotten scoundrel
was wounded and aggrieved.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aBacBcdBdcBceBecBc
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 548
Words 76
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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