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Everybody Lies

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Everybody lies
There is no dispersal
It is no surprise pretext is universal and belief is rare

Everybody tries
There is no rehearsal
It is no surprise attempt is universal and effort is fair

Everybody cries
There is no traversal
It is no surprise upset is universal and panic is prayer

Everybody dies
There is no reversal
It is no surprise finish is universal and demise is scare
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABC ABC ABC ABC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 368
Words 68
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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