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On the safe side

Supratik Sen

Free verse
The head and the horn,
the rose and the thorn,
separate as day and night
for the herd unable to unite,
flocking on the safe side;
to understand the unicorn
with coke and popcorn
is impossible for the throng.

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The conventional way of looking at things, the good and the bad; a view that blocks systemic understanding.

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Submitted by supratik_s on June 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCAAD
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 200
Words 39
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
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