I Can't Identify with That

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



I do not drink some alcohol
To celebrate for fun.
Nor do I have beliefs at all
About it being done.

I do not smoke some cigarettes.
The way my lungs would be,
Because the smoke won't ever let
Good health be there for me.

I do not take illegal drugs
Regardless of a law,
My mind is happy with some hugs
While drugs are mental flaws.
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Written on October 04, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 04, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on October 04, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA XBXB CXCX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 333
Words 75
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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