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How Weird The Ostrich

Wallace Dean LaBenne

How weird the ostrich, how absurd the stand:
they seek protection with heads in the sand.

How weird the cities, how absurd the crowds:
they seek protection with heads in the clouds.

How weird the rebels, how absurd the fates:
they seek protection with heads on death plates.

How weird the comics, how absurd the wits:
they seek protection with heads in the pits.

How weird the faddists, how absurd the craze:
they seek protection with heads in the maze.

How weird the gripers, how absurd the bark:
they seek protection with heads in the dark.

How weird the ostrich, how absurd the stand:
they seek protection with heads in the sand.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on April 24, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA bb cc dd ee ff AA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 619
Words 112
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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