There’s a black mark in the kitchen on the floor
It’s cracking with the weight of fatal thought
I tried to get if off with vinegar
On my kitchen, I have got no door
But Penguin books about what peasants ate
There’s a black stain in the kitchen on the floor
I’ve got Palestinian olive oil
Oranges from Haifa, lemons bought
I made a dressing with wine vinegar
I have eggs from morganatic whores
And fish enjoy their roes, which they don’t ought
There’s a black cat in the kitchen on the floor
Sometimes that hot waiter never boils
If he’s tipped I’ll write with him, I hope.
I insulate my food with bugged cigars
Do you ask a woman if she’s coiled?
Do you invade others in turmoil?
There’s a sweet man in the kitchen by the door
If he’s Jesus, tell him all and more.
