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Prelapsarian Time

Wallace LaBenne


Prelapsarian Time*

Carefree and untroubled
Jocular and blithe
Nonchalant and bubbled
Flexible and lithe
It was the age of innocence
before the design scythe

Sheltered and protected
Childlike and secure
Cherished and respected
Untarnished and pure
It was the age of innocence
before the saboteur

Rapture and paradise
Youth and Peter Pan
Cologne and scented spice
Peace and cordial clan
It was the age of innocence
before the fall of man

Lucrative and wealthy
Successful and prime
Vigorous and healthy
Prelapsarian time
It was the age of innocence
before the lost sublime

*prelapsarian (pree-lap-sayr-ee-uhn) adj. ; relating to any innocent or carefree period in the past.

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Submitted on January 03, 2013

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Scheme ababCx xdxdCx efefCf ghghCh x
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 645
Words 105
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 1
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