Thank God For PACT Act Hero’s (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Ode to Steve McQueen
A United States Marine
Who’s life was cut short
By asbestos exposure
While serving as a soldier
Thank God for PACT Act hero’s

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   3/19/2024

About this poem

I learned something new today and I felt that I should share it…I tried to make this one lyrical and I’m not even sure it is a Bussokusekika for said reason…I’ll leave that one up to the readers to decide…https://www.google.com/search?q=is+mesothelioma+always+fatal&client=safari&sca_esv=8ce8be85696c52dc&channel=iphone_bm&source=hp&ei=gXj5ZeqpGczHkPIP6PKE2Ac&oq=is+mesothelioma%C2%A0&gs_lp=EhFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocCIRaXMgbWVzb3RoZWxpb21hwqAqAggHMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgARIgoABUKwWWItacAJ4AJABAJgBqQGgAYMTqgEEMC4xNrgBAcgBAPgBAZgCEqACrRSoAhDCAgIQKcICEBAAGAMYjwEY5QIY6gIYjAPCAhAQLhgDGI8BGOUCGOoCGIwDwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAhEQLhiABBixAxiDARjHARjRA8ICBRAuGIAEwgIOEC4YgAQYigUYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICDhAAGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBwgIREC4YgAQYigUYsQMYgwEY1ALCAggQABiABBixA8ICCBAAGIAEGMkDmAMMkgcEMi4xNqAH510&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp …✌️⛄️

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Written on March 19, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on March 19, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXBBX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 193
Words 34
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 1

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