SOUND OF A POEM INSIDE MY HEAD Composed While Having Thoughts About Voltaire

"Je ne suis pas d'accord avec un mot de ce que vous dites, mais je me battrai jusqu'à la mort pour votre droit de le dire."

[“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”]

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

1st version:

Crickets
Between my ears
Thunderclaps
In my head
I’d like to live
A few more years
Fore’ I’m dead.

2nd version:

Inside my head
Thunderclaps.
Between my ears
Crickets.
I’d like to live
A few more years
Before I’m dead.

3rd version:

Thunderclaps
Inside my head.
Crickets
Betwixt my ears.
Before I’m dead
I’d like to live
A few more years.

4th version:

I’ve got
Thunderclaps
In my head
And crickets
In my ears
But I’d like to
Live a
Few more years
Fore’ I’m dead.

5th version:

Thunderclaps are
Inside my head
And crickets are
Between my ears
But I’d like to live
A few more years
Before I’m dead.