Somebody Check
Somebody check the fellow in the next bed
I've got a feeling he may well be dead
When they brought him, he was bleeding from the head
Somebody check the fellow in the next bed
Back home, I was a teacher at the school
Beacon of light, enforcer of the rules
That was back during Nicholas's rule
Before the plague of ideologues and fools
Somebody check the window; is it open?
My elbows and my knees are almost frozen
Anything you think is strictly verboten
For thought-crime, comrade, they'll have you by the scrotum
Somebody move the follow in the next bed
Pity he never got his bit of bread
He wanted me to have it, I'm sure he said
I gave up on White, and now I'm betting on Red
O I gave up on White, and now I'm betting on Red.
Copyright © Keith Dovoric | Year Posted 2022
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