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Spining The Wheel

A Radday

As they lift the lever, spin the wheel
 For somebody broke the seal
 They realise it was not for man to deal
 With another man...then things conceal...

 As they flicked the coin, cast the lot
 Around their collar some got so hot
 Breaks are on but the damage is done
 Without his council man's been outrun...
                         ... by his own foolishness...

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Submitted on July 27, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AAAA BBCCX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 355
Words 61
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
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A Radday

I started writing poetry in my early childhood. When I was quite small I wrote a poem for my mum. When she passed away many years later I realised that was her favourite present from me ever. I started to think that there might just be some value to my poetry. more…

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