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There's A Light Overhead

William Rae Henely

Colours fly and wheels spin
Hands above and heads below
Catherine's wheel turns
Wanderers are turning in

Carnival
Your hands shall be seen
Blues and reds are flashing
Catherine's wheel turns

Wanderers are turning in
Crowds are leaving
Alone with lights overhead
Let them fly, Catherine

Behind them
Caherine's wheel stopped
Face above and hear shots
Firework paint the sky

There's a light overhead
Catherine's wheel saw it
Wanderer made it home
Let them fly
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Submitted on October 12, 2009

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Scheme axBA xxcB Acdx xxxe dxxe
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 437
Words 75
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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