Of Many Worries Few Come True



We worry about money: will we have enough?
Are we really funny? Are we merely fluff?

We worry about weather: will we have sunshine?
Are we on a tether? Are we out of line?

We worry about title: will we have esteem?
Are we truly vital? Are we too extreme?

We worry about vigor: will we have long life?
Are we getting bigger? Are we making strife?

We worry about fatade: will we have appeal?
Are we Scheherazade? Are we the ideal?

We worry about justice: will we have our day?
Are we a fine buttress? Are we in the way?

We worry about neighbors: will we have goodwill?
Are we worth our labors? Are we overkill?

We worry about nothing: will we have regret?
Are we going to upspring? Are we here to fret?

We work away at worry, very few come true:
of perhaps a thousand, maybe one or two.
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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 HH II
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 767
Words 152
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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