Dead or alive



Alive with something
Dead with nothing
I have gotten everything alive
Now six feet and with nothing

I left no grain in the field
Now I want to kill a mockingbird
Your pig is fat and you made it
Celebrate me alive not dead

I have got a billion dollar
Ever rich,building mansions
A million mortality per year
Died for starvation

I saw the miser
Dead or alive but dead
His money can not save him
No one remembers him

I have got a pledge to myself
Never to eat alone
Yet to die alone
My name not on rocks but in hearts

I have never eaten a vulture
Yet am bald headed
Responsible for what I say
Since Dead or Alive, I say explicit
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Written on February 03, 2022

Submitted by Frankel on February 03, 2022

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAXA XXXB CXXX CBDD XEEX CXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 630
Words 131
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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