salutary tongues that speak in turn waiting for their chance to make us yearn the sounds and emotions spreading thin we ll sink the float that would not let us win a solitary cheer that does not work we cottoned on to all their taints and quirks and fled to the mountains on a whim watching all the mess behind us sink and that s no way to listen to our sonnet they re buzzing like a bee inside my bonnet but the fools never listen to what i say they ve copied all their lines into a prayer fools don t listen to a word i say just look the other way i m not saying i ve got much to say just look the other way