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A Roach in Time

Lamont Bennerman

Free verse
Hickory, tickory-tock
A roach ran up the clock
The clock struck 12
I yelled "WHAT THE HELL"
As a thousand roaches came out of nowhere.
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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 134
Words 25
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
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