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1938

Rick Wojtala

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They picked up scrap and took no crap
Bought a truck and the company stuck
Then came cranes and some days it rained
Set for life and its plights
Like Germany and Japan it was no scam
Probably cash it in for a win
It was honest work for a perk
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Written on June 10, 2023

Submitted on June 10, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 242
Words 51
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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