Husband

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



When nothing else is going right
But you’re still living in the light
Then my heart is doing good
Because you are out of the woods

And when your heart is doing well
A hermit crab inside its shell
It does not like to be uncovered
And so, it’s hard to find a lover

But now my dear you have a friend
And on this friend, you can depend
A good and faithful; loving man
He’ll do for you all that he can

He’ll take you out and bring you home
To keep you in your happy zone
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Written on October 28, 2021

Submitted by dawg4jesus on June 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXX BBXX CCDD XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 476
Words 101
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2

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