Jemima turned to
me and said
“A strange man
lives inside my head.
He tells me what
to do, and how.
He says that I
should kill you now.”
Her words gave me
a dreadful fright,
I stammered out –
“That can’t be right!
He can’t mean me;
I’ve been too good,
Surely you have
misunderstood.
He must have
meant some other guy
Who really does
deserve to die.”
But she replied,
“There is no doubt,
You are the one
he’s singled out.”
There was, it
seemed, no more to say,
But as I turned
to run away
A glinting blade flashed
at my throat.
My sight grew
dim, I seemed to float.
I heard the voice
inside her head;
“Jemima, that’s
not what I said.
I thought I made
myself quite clear -
You should wash
out your inner ear.
I guess you heard
me wrong somehow,
I said that you
should kiss him now!”
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