Up so high
We flew up too high
In the unfortunate sky
Til we couldn't come down
Squarely on the ground
So we danced around
It was not understood
By the bosses in the neighborhood
No jobs could be found
By those dancing around
Our feet had their own will
Would not be curtailed
Though warned long ago
By the ones in the know
We thought they were mean
Were just stealing our dreams
Let us, up so high, in the sky
Fall down squarely on the ground, now
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABCCDDCCEFGGHIAJ |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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