Great Is The Mystery



Great is the mystery about unapt romance.
No matter how it's sliced
it's largely skew and chance.
Great is the mystery about unworthy wealth.
No matter how it's sliced
it's largely dung and filth.
Great is the mystery about untimely death.
No matter how it's sliced
it's largely gene and breath.
Great is the mystery about undeserved fame.
No matter how it's sliced
it's largely hoax and game.
Great is the mystery about unfounded faith.
No matter how it's sliced
it's largely spook and wraith.
Great is the mystery about unexplored space.
No matter how it's sliced
it's largely hint and trace.

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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aBacBdeBefBfgBchBh
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 577
Words 102
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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