Most Unusual Way
Perry Campanella 1948 (FL)
I watch you at play each day,
as these days roll on by
you are most happy in a most unusual way
somehow you conquer fear for wild friends why
for this alone I fear to stop on by
can we ever be friends in a natural way
will I disturb your moments to see eye to eye
as you do with your jungle friends - ay
could their be a moment, a day, when we can say
we can be friends in our own unusual way
Oh! I'd like that to happen some day
how about today - want to come out to play
Oh! I wish I had nerve enough to say how about today
sad truth is, a nerve in my DNA is missing
how do I come close to you frollicing with wild friends ay
really - elephants to play with, not my style for kissing
I can't help walking past this zoo on my way to school
you are at work, quite a bit older too
age isn't a common denominator for friendship - cool
are their any rules for saying Hi, Hello! to you?
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Submitted by PoetPerryCampanella on May 27, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAB BABA AAAA ACAC DEDE |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 863 |
Words | 190 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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