On the Web
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Wearing the mask; you’re not up to the task,
I watch as you stumble and fall.
I wanted to ask as I sipped from my flask,
Why you can’t keep your eye on the ball?
A swing and a miss; many swings without hits.
Though you practice it never gets better.
Now the rain pouring down; its enough you could drown.
But the field that you’re on just gets wetter.
I’m calling the game on account of the rain;
The lightning and dark clouds excite her!
But before she got squished she got all she wished;
As she sucked out your blood like a spider.
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Written on May 04, 2023
Submitted by dawg4jesus on May 04, 2023
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| Scheme | ABAB XCXC XCXC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 544 |
| Words | 118 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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