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# Units of Measure
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- Published: 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I once composed a wholly metric verse to measure length, and that within an inch, and while the subject matter was perverse, and might induce a curse or worse, a flinch, it was, no doubt, a valiant attempt, and worthy...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I once composed a wholly metric verse  
to measure length, and that within an inch,  
and while the subject matter was perverse,  
and might induce a curse or worse, a flinch,  
it was, no doubt, a valiant attempt,  
and worthy of admiring reposts.  
That, rather than the venomous contempt  
which I received from the ungracious hosts  
of said sad competition. Pound for pound,  
my measure, although decimal and metric,  
was perfectly reliable and sound  
and had no biologic or obstetric  
or other obscene purpose except size.  
And all for those who'd wish to feast their eyes.

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