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Refrain

One of Melody’s synonyms is Refrain which inspired this micro-poem:

Refrain
He thought to himself
In the moment between
Circumstance
And the need to respond to
Consequence
So that the one thing
He could not do was
Refrain

abstain, avoid, cease, circumstance, consequence, curb, desist, forgo, halt, refrain, renounce, resist, restrain

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