451-1984/Author

Inspired by Amélie Wen Zhao and in honor of a book that no one else will read. See also this and this.

451-1984/Author

by Dann Todd

Hey!

Author, Author, what did you do?
Can't read your book, no one should want to
You lack sophistication and craft and more
Your book will never be in a book store

Author, I got your number
Gonna make it stick once more
Author, here comes your number

451-1984
451-1984
451-1984
451-1984

Author, Author, I'll burn the galley
You don't know me, but you make me unhappy
I'll call you out, 'cause you've got some nerve
Your little novel has made me disturbed.

Author, I got your number
Gonna make it stick once more
Author, here comes your number

451-1984
451-1984
451-1984
451-1984

I shame you, (I shame you), I shame you
I shame you for offenses perceived
I shame you, (I shame you), I shame you
I'll shame you, until I feel relieved

Hey, Author, I got your number
Gonna make it stick once more
Author, I'll shame your opus

451-1984
451-1984
451-1984
451-1984

Author, Author, what did you do?
451-1984
I am offended just by looking at you
451-1984

451-1984
451-1984
451-1984
451-1984


Offered with apologies to Alex Call, Jim Keller, and Tommy Tutone.  And with deepest thanks to Messers Ray Bradbury and George Orwell.  Their works were never intended to be "how to" manuals.