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Simulacrum

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Perfunctory performance, dismissive nonchalance
Traditional conformance
Mechanical response

Semblance of reality, inconsequential base
Empty actuality
Imaginary trace

Apathetic attitude, dispassionate facade
Reactive ingratitude
Uneasy promenade

Superficial discernment, all colors black or white
Ridiculous pre-judgment
Insufficient insight

Preposterous gestation, material misbecome
Subtle representation
Token simulacrum
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA BCB XCX DXD EXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 409
Words 44
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
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