The Alley Hustle
Prompt: A Second Piece of a Groundhog's Heart!
A Mother Groundhog's Story Part: 2
There was a scuffle, a tuffle, an alley Shuffle,
Right there in the streets!
My name is Russell, I squibble and hustle,
I'm a squirrel in the trees!
I saw it go down, right in town, with coons around,
A mother groundhog flees!
Right on site, at night, a mama does fight,
A baby bleeds!
With feet of white, left to right,
Two babies left to plead!
Mama wins, grabs the twins, she defends,
And runs free!
A baby she lost, a sad criss-cross,
She has to let it be!
She got away, to this day,
A sad mama sees!
A.D. Small
May 20, 2023
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Written on May 20, 2023
Submitted by amberp.35129 on May 24, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A A BXBCXCDXDXXEXEFC XF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 140 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 16, 2 |
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