Triskaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobia
is an unfounded fear
of a two digit number,
thirteen, should it appear
In many public buildings,
on decks of ships at sea,
it skips from twelve to fourteen,
avoiding casualty
Friday thirteenth of the month
occurs two times or more
each year; the heebie-jeebies
cause many to deplore
Irrational behavior
from this superstition
is peculiar manifest:
an odd apparition
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 368 |
Words | 61 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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