Helicopters Crash



Micromanaged children
  in a micromanaged world

The I’s all dotted, T’s all crossed
  lost within the swirl

Each cup seemed overflowing
  empty spaces void and null

All time and place for life’s surprise
  —now victim to its toll

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2018)
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on December 26, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XX XX XX XX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 270
Words 42
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1

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