Fauxku Choo Choo (the play's the thing)

[rayheinrich]

shadows
   falling
   for love

standing in the shadows of love
getting ready for the heartaches to come ...       Is that cheating?

    1 to 4 line poem, used "shadows" and "love", so no.
    Speaking literally? No.  As poet John Lyly wrote: "All is fair in love, in war"
    Ripping off the Four Tops? Well, sort of... but if it's meant as an homage, there's nothing in the guidelines that prohibits it.
    Though maybe I should add something to the guidelines that says it needs to be in quotes and attributed.

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    "standing in the shadows of love
    getting ready for the heartaches to come"   *
   

    "from a heartache so blue
    from a shadow to the sun
    from a lifetime on the run"   **
   



    *Lyrics from the song "Standing in the Shadows of Love" by the Four Tops
    **Lyrics from the song "A Heartache, A Shadow, A Lifetime" by Dave Mason (Which really sucks.)