When I Think You're One Thing



Just when I think you're open you quickly slam the door
And then return to silence under your old hard core
Just when I think you're lovely you make an ugly face
And then return to silence under your old disgrace
Just when I think you're pious you instigate sheer h***
And then return to silence under your old cartel
Just when I think you're friendly you show hostility
And then return to silence under your old decree
Just when I think you're muted you say a word or two
And then return to silence under your old curfew
Just when I think you're kindly you cause a heart to bleed
And then return to silence under your old misdeed
Just when I think you're faithful you suddenly betray
And then return to silence under your old cachet
Just when I think you're one thing you become something odd
And then return to silence under your old facade.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCDEEFFGGHHII
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 828
Words 158
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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