Once Upon A Time
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Once upon a time.
To vaguely remember,
What happened to occur...
Just a couple of hours ago.
Being petty had been the rage.
And everywhere this was fashionable.
Many were then heard to say,
The madness had of those yesterdays gone...
Could not continue on to last.
And certainly not the way it has.
Yet that madness thought,
One day will go away to fade.
As most fads eventually do.
Today we live a normalized craze.
Accepted and encouraged.
Proving...
Once upon a time,
People were proud...
To have their own minds to use.
But few these days,
Will publicly admit...
Being a misfit noncomformist.
And called a maverick too.
Or wishing to be depicted,
As those still among the living...
Reminiscing to remember.
Having an ability to think on their feet.
With a using of common sense.
Without fearing it done either privately.
Or heard in the streets to openly speak it,
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Submitted by lpahtillah on April 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Abbxxx xxcxxxdex fAxxegcdxfbxxxgx |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 878 |
Words | 186 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 9, 16 |
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