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Rhythm


 Rhythm has a beat

You start, You move, You end, You repeat

Leaves fall, then the summer skies we greet

Then the snowy days leave us to the flowers we deplete


Rhythm goes around

As well as we go up we go down

The leaders we foun* and the towns that drown

The sun and moon that move around town


Rhythm will come back

It’s something hard to track

Some are as easy to see as a small plaque

Some are blind to the eye and may hit you with a whack


But it comes back just the same




*Foun: Rise up or establish


Brooklyn


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  1. Lindsey PMay 18, 2021 at 10:59 AM

    Thank you for teaching me a new word! I would love an example of rhythm that is blind to the eye. I want to be prepared for that whack!

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