Worn in your blonde braids
Those ribbons hang like dead snakes
You frighten me, dear
You frighten me dear
friend. Does the anger in your eyes
offer a warning?
Offer a warning
That those chicken-shaped biscuits
Are dogs', not humans'
Are dogs not humans
best friends and companions?
Enjoy that true love.
Enjoy that true love
That sacrosanct bond between
Mankind and ice-cream.
Mankind and ice cream
The one food to have "molded"
Our evolution
Our evolution
Is quite metaphysical:
Most folk are rhinos.
Most folk are rhinos
Have hard hides and are horny
Best send them roses
Best send them roses
Those folks who cannot find joy
Scent is good solace
Scent is good solace:
Lose your sorrows and stress in
A lavender bath.
A lavender bath
Soothes tired nerves and muscles
A stiff drink helps too
A stiff drink helps too,
To throw on horrid people
Standing underneath.
Standing underneath
The Eiffel Tower Paris
I remember Spring
I remember Spring,
And its lush tones and flowers
Lain out before me.
Lain out before me
Are all sweet earthly pleasures
I cannot touch them
I cannot touch them
Yet I see them vividly
In my dreams at night
In my dreams at night
Are folks who fight for the head
Of Philip Larkin..
Of Philip Larkin
Much has been said and written
He is no longer
He is no longer
Here, writing poetry of
Tombs, toads and lost love.
Tombs, toads and lost love
Sequined harpiesall around
Love is lost and found
