Some Will Live



Some will take
and give it back
Some will give
and take it back
Some will fake
and show a lack
Some will live
and never lack

Some will play
and lose a game
Some will bilk
and win a game
Some will stray
and own the blame
Some will milk
and tender blame

Some will care
and still be mean
Some will hate
and not be mean
Some will share
and rarely glean
Some will wait
and always glean
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABXBABXB CDEDCDED FGHGFGHG
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 357
Words 80
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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