They tell me what to do
\nby cricketjeff on November 1, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nI cannot live without the dream of you
\nI do not know why you have gone away
\nI only know that I am going to stay
\nWho are these men who tell me what to do
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Throughout my life I shall be strong and true
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 You’ll always be the one to light my fire
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The perfect lover that I must desire
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Who are these men who tell me what to do
\nWhen you are in my life the world is new
\nThese bright white coats have tied me to the bed
\nThey want to put electrodes on my head
\nWho are these men who tell me what to do
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I cannot live without the dream of you
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Who are these men who tell me what to do<\/p>\n
Why would you go and leave me in a stew
\nI love you more than any love before
\nAnd yet I have more love for you in store
\nWho are these men who tell me what to do
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I used to know the names of all the crew
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But now I’ve lost the memories I need
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It seems they only want my mind to bleed
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Who are these men who tell me what to do
\nThey ask me things I haven’t got a clue
\nThey say that I have lead an awful life
\nAnd someone said that I had killed my wife
\nWho are these men who tell me what to do
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Why would you go and leave me in a stew
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Who are these men who tell me what to do<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nA pair of “Echo Sonnets”, a form based on the Kyrielle sonnet but in iambic
\npentameter and using envelope rhyme a1,b,b,A,a,c,c,A,a,D,D,A,a1,A. where both
\na1 and A are repeated lines.<\/p>\n
Inspired by a beautiful song, “Bright White Jackets” by April Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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