The real winner

Joseph Grassa 1956 (Brooklyn NY)



How and who becomes a winner;
Is a winner someone who is always on time for dinner;

Is it the person who takes the easy way through life;
Is it the man who has the prettiest wife;

Is it the man who has the biggest Bank account;

Is it the lady with the sugar daddy;
Is it the lady with the sexiest body;
 
Well in our addiction the way we are told winners stay with winners;
So going to AA, NA is not about just going;
It's about looking and listening to see who has the answers and what they're doing;

Are they just talking the talk or are they walking the walk;
If they are you should ask him or her to be your sponsor;

Cause they just might be the one that strives to be a winner;
The man the woman the person who will help you be on time for dinner;

About this poem

About rehabilitation from alcohol and drugs

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Written on January 15, 2023

Submitted by josephg.81565 on August 22, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB X CC XDD XA AA
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 757
Words 173
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2

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