Not like us
They are surely not like us
How can they be so different
They do not look like us
Certainly don’t talk like us
Must be something wrong with them
Lock your windows and doors
Don’t let them in
We are so much better then them
Got to make sure they know it
Or just maybe, possibly
Could they be thinking the same way
Are they possibly afraid of us
Think they are better than us
Think how different we are
How we don’t talk like them
Or is it possible
That we might all be human beings
Made different and yet the same
Just make this human stew better
Blending differences together
It’s just something to think about
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Written on July 31, 1953
Submitted by Ppp01prt on May 15, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABAACDECFGHAAICJKLIIM |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 118 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
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