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when it falls off the edge

Fred Derf

When It Falls Off The Edge 8/4/17
Is it easier to play it safe
Or lead the rat race
Who regulates the pace
Do I survive as a basket case
Yet Living on the edge seems so commonplace
But Then
Making the decisions come with so much derision
And living with no vision seems a winning position
Until that edge comes into your sphere of confliction
Jumping off or jumping in
Only you can understand its restrictions
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Submitted on August 09, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCCCCDEEDFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 398
Words 77
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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