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Slow Down

Glamorosa

What can I say
All this joy and happiness
Isn't always good
All this go go go
Is not always better
At the end of the day
You have to slow down and smell the rose
Because if you don't
Your life will go by without you knowing
How sweet that rose is
And how wonderful life can be

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Taking time to slow down and enjoy life.

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Written on June 28, 2023

Submitted by gr.82137 on June 28, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEAFGHIJ
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 281
Words 64
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
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