Forward
You don't trust us pulling on our bootstrap.
But we don‘t want to fall across your flap,
Forced to depend on your tangled knot,
Laces spinning FORWARD to our children's rot.
You take and spend a little more;
That will bar and close a good future door.
The term penalty shot overdosed;
Get set for a time-out to be imposed.
“FORWARD” by MistyRose™ © 5 September 2012
(This poem was written during the Democrat's National Convention to nominate President Barack Obama.)
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABBCCXX XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 471 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 2 |
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