How Bad Do You Want It
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Just how bad is it you want it.
That which is claimed that you wanted.
Just how bad is it you want it.
How bad.
How bad?
If it's that bad to be wanted...
Why are you still sitting down?
Few will come delivering what's wanted.
Without deserving what it is wished.
Or...
Without one showing they have been,
Committed.
Too many are devoted just to sit.
People who talk a lot about,
What they're going to do.
And all from them heard,
Are the same repeated words.
That lack in action.
That lack in effort.
That lack movement that produces,
Satisfaction.
No motivation.
Or incentive driven minds.
But found they are to find,
Wasting their own precious time.
Just how bad is it you want it?
Without pretensions to be made.
Just how bad is it you want it?
Without parading a charade.
People who charade,
Discover masquerading fades.
To outdate with age.
People who charade,
Discover late with age...
An imitating done betrays!
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Submitted by Lp,jr. on October 03, 2021
Modified on March 27, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AbACCbx bxxxba xxxxdxxd dxxx AeAe Exf Efx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 884 |
Words | 165 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 8, 4, 4, 3, 3 |
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