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This poem is a truncated, or shortened, sonnet with 14 lines in iambic trimeter. A normal sonnet features 14 lines in iambic pentameter...
Man explores outer space
with probes and rocket ships,
whilst here the human race
ebbs from the headlong tips
of balance: wars, famine,
waste, hunger, crime, disease,
and his wild greed worsens
the earth's untold crises.
Why not spend the vast wealth
of this world for the need
here first, then explore space
at light-speed (once we're freed
of what destroys our race)?
If not, we'll be replaced!
Copyright © Ngoc Nguyen | Year Posted 2015
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