Ghost Writer
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
Your skin is as white as fresh fallen snow
And when I write you get the flow
You come and sit and take dictation
The doctor now becomes the patient
You need a new prescription pad
You need to hear it from your Dad
And not just when my lips speak
It is God’s face you need to seek!
The rest I’m leaving up to you
I know you’ll do what you must do
Now write in love with much reproof
And never ever spare the truth
When you go out it will be night!
So, don’t forget to do what’s right!
To keep your skin as white as snow
Don’t fall in bed with the sin you know!
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Written on September 05, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDXX EEAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 574 |
Words | 125 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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