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Tribute 9/11

Michael Califf,Sr

There were Firemen and Policemen
on that sad and fateful day.
Instead of running from the terror,
turned and went the other way.
Ever mindful of the life and
the way they'd chose of livin'.
Climbed the stairs of those two Towers,
and went right straight to Heaven.
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Submitted on June 25, 2013

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Scheme ABCBDAEF
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 257
Words 48
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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