Would A Billion Change Your Life?



Would a million change your strife or give you peace of mind?
Would a billion change your life or teach you to be kind?
Would a million change your trust or give you hope of ease?
Would a billion change your lust or teach you to be tease?
Would a million change your stealth or give you verve of wit?
Would a billion change your health or teach you to be fit?
Would a million change your view or give you show of scene?
Would a billion change your coup or teach you to be keen?
Would a million change your chart or give you grade of soul?
Would a billion change your heart or teach you to be whole?
Would a million change your dream or give you maps of joy?
Would a billion change your theme or teach you to be coy?
Would a million change your style or give you grace of gait?
Would a billion change your smile or teach you to be mate?
Would a million change your worth or give you air of pride?
Would a billion change your mirth or teach you to be snide?
Would a million change your dice or give you stroke of luck?
Would a billion change your vice or teach you to be pluck?
Would a million change your friends or give you loss of ties?
Would a billion change your ends or teach you to be guise?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,177
Words 240
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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