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Cry

Odete Oliveira 1977 (USA)

Time for you to relate
Time for you to take
Time for you to see
To bring you to your knees
Time to appreciate
Time to recognize fate
Time to cry
Time to try
Time to call out
Time to doubt
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Submitted by odete_o on December 01, 2023

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Scheme ABCDAAEEFF
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 187
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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