Metronomes and Garden Gnomes

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3/15/2025

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Instead of isolation
consider oscillation 
Proof positive
is clear to see
It all boils down
to frequency
Which of these words
hits close to home
a metronome or
garden gnome?
Their differentiation 
     lies in oscillation 

Metronomes oscillate
tick-tick-tick
Garden gnomes isolate in
   s  i  l  e  n  c  e
      s  i  l  e  n  c  e
         s  i  l  e  n  c  e

Will tick-tick-tick
define your life
or silence filled with
fear and strife?
Proof positive
is clear to see
It all boils down
to frequency
Instead of isolation
consider oscillation 

Live life    one tick    at a time
Meter matters as does rhyme
Situational awareness
Won’t protect you if you’re careless
How much better at day’s end
to be found kind

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