The Greener Side
The house is always one big mess.
The kids are hardly ever dressed.
The garbage is never out curbside.
Wifey can do that, she's got time!
You spend your days goofing off.
I spend mine with a broom and mop.
I work eight hours too you know?
This second job has got to go!
Games and fun! That's your life
Ever since you got a wife.
Since when did I become your maid?
And when did the romance start to fade?
Isn't there someone better out there?
Someone who won't forget to care?
Who always picks up around the place
and tells me I have a pretty face?
Who wont take his wife & family for granted?
It'd be nice to find a hopeless romantic.
The fool leaves his woman angry and alone
She'll find a new man as well as new home.
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Submitted on March 26, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGGHHIIJJKKLMNO |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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