Open Book
I spend too much time running
And not enough money on concerts
I'm bad with drumsticks
But I try not to step out of rhythm
I've been a poet
A public speaker
Hamlet's best friend
A quidditch captain
The best-named mouse
And a failed amateur rocket scientist
Luckily
Sometimes it's more fun to explode
Than to fly
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Submitted on January 25, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 299 |
Words | 57 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 3 |
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