Watch Your Step

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



Does it always have to be so hard?
Does it always hurt to be getting right?
No! the pain only lasts for a little while.

Once upon a notion; evil plans were set in motion
And no one could perceive the dreaded outcome

What you want from others;
When you learn to love your brothers
Is just a love that you can’t stay away from?

So, don’t learn to be wicked
From a man who has a thick head
Wisdom won’t come easy to a fool

Then when you can’t be seated
Conversation might get heated
And nothing that you say will be too cool
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Written on March 24, 2022

Submitted by dawg4jesus on March 24, 2022

Modified on March 20, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XA BBA CXD CCD
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 533
Words 114
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 3, 3, 3

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