Every Unspent Penny
All your unspent money will fall in other's hands
who think it is funny
to blow on one-night-stands.
It's time to fly first-class or successors will.
Get out of your morass
and long held dreams fulfill.
Any unspent asset will have new ownership
enjoyed in a facet
for wastrels to outstrip.
Saved by being frugal you have a nice nest egg.
At taps of the bugle
it poufs like powder-keg.
Every unspent penny will someday lay in waste
or fall prey to many
and be consumed in haste.
An unearned bonanza receives no true respect.
An extravaganza
displays benign neglect.
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Submitted on January 13, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABA CXC DXD EXE FBF GXG |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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