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At Hand

Donald Dunham


I stand there on fire

Things have come down to the wire

Wish it where a different hand

Impossibility's the demand

Forced to throw In

Refused to go a willin

My tears are for man

Who refuse to hear my plan

The times at hand

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Submitted on June 27, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A A B B C C D D B
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 213
Words 45
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
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