You Know Me So Very Well



With you I have no camouflage
With you I have no guise
You know me so very well you cut me down to size

With you I have no dominance
With you I have no rule
You know me so very well you keep me acting cool

With you I have no treachery
With you I have no line
You know me so very well you let me merely shine

With you I have no subterfuge
With you I have no wile
You know me so very well you strip me of all guile

With you I have no arrogance
With you I have no pride
You know me so very well you lay me modest wide

With you I have no substitute
With you I have no choice
You know me so very well you give me direct voice

With you I have no counterfeit
With you I have no sham
You know me so very well you make me what I am
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

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Scheme XAA BCC XDD XEE BFF XGG XHH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 702
Words 164
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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