Polecat pudding, musty julep Dulcet sprue, swollen tulip Flaming acid, brier plum Firm as a rock in frothy scum I pluck your grim, death-like aplomb
Bubbling hope ferments and fizzles A vaporous cloud grey and grizzled Its silver lining, steel and iron A deep repining falling giant Numb to pain, forever dying Down with the lamb lies the lion
Electric poker, petrol twang Fag Lucifer, tinder pang Styptic fingers, biting nerves Chill me to the marrow Throw me like a curve
My gloomy Pollyanna The heart of grace is vast The false abundance of the pampered beast A fasting beggar's imaginary feast Destroy the memory There's no looking back That sentimental yearning For the hopeless past
