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The good fight

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)

If a complement
is worth 50 cents

You’d have
my last dollar

With
no suspense.

Some might
take me for a fool

But i’d certainly be one

Not
to recognize you

for what
you are;

A rare
and precious jewel

You cannot take me
 Or hold me against my will

And certainly
Never control me

But
if you ask me
nicely

i’m yours

C2


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Written on August 27, 2006

Submitted by Charles2 on September 21, 2023

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Scheme XX AX XX XX X XX BX XX CX CC BCC A
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 371
Words 98
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1
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