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Stretched Too Thin

Steve Cochrane

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Imaginations can be stretched;
Creativeness alive,
But hopefully it will not fetch
A lie that we connived.

When truth is stretched, it can snap back
And hurt the lying one.
The one whose truth was stretched too thin
With honor down to none.

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Written on October 03, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on October 03, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on October 03, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXA XBXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 241
Words 48
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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Steve Cochrane

 · 1955 · Cape

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