the fool and the quitter .



it is the fool inside you
who likes to smoke
they know the health risk
they think its a joke

so when you are lying
in a hospital bed
riddled with cancer
fgull of regret

remember the wisest words
a man ever said
it is the quitter who is living
it is the fool that is dead
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Submitted on August 04, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCXX XCBC
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 259
Words 57
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Alan Green 'Guppyman'

A MAN WHO HAS SOMETHING TO SAYTHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARDTHE POET ALAN GREENA MAN WHO REALLY CARESI HAVE BEEN WRITING POETRY SINCE I WAS A SMALL CHILDI HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS FOR THE ENVIROMENT AND FEAR IT MAY ALREADY BE TO LATE FOR A TURNAROUNDI AM KNOWN AS GUPPYMAN BECAUSE OF MY LOVE FOR THE TROPICAL FISH GUPPIESI REALLY ENJOY YOUR REVEIWS OF MY WORKS AS IT HELPS ME TO REFINE MY POETRY STYLE THANK YOU ALLI AM ENGLISH born and bred in birkenhead a large town on the banks of the river mersey a hard upbringing in a tough part of town known as the north end more…

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