What Looks Like A Duck
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
These days of false appearances made,
What looks like a duck...
Maybe something else entirely different.
Adults who look as if to be who they are,
Could be more a child...
Than children knowing to accept truth,
For what it is.
While those appearing to look like adults,
But act like kids.
Are attempting to censor,
Everything to prevent...
Themselves from growing up!
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Written on June 10, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on June 11, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 367 |
Words | 74 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
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