Jolson And Jones

As the grossness of spring lolls its head against the window
As the grossness of spring lolls its bloodied head

Curare! Curare! Curare!
brogue cries from the street
Curare! Curare!

As the grossness of spring rose a tumor balloon to squeak against the window
With the grossness of spring staining into the walls

The chair had been shifted ever so slightly say five feet or two centimeters
The prints of my fingers dusted from doorknobs
A lamp had been dimmed
Some sawdust where a ring had been
Where nice girls were turned into whores
Gardens with fountains where peacocks had strutted
Where dead children were born
The splendor of tigers turning to gold in the desert
Pale meadows of stranded pyramids

Sonny boy such a sonny boy there's a song in the air
Curare! Curare! Curare!
But the fair seniorita doesn't seem to care
Curare! Curare! Curare!

As the grossness of spring lolls its head against the window
As the grossness of spring lolls its bloodied head

I merely got up so slowly
Shuffled across the floor
Closed the door on the landing
descending the stairs dipping into the street
the paralyzed street

Brogue says
"Good afternoon!"
I say
"Good afternoon!"
"Yes, it's a lovely afternoon"

Into pockets unstitching so weighted with pins
Into eyes imploding on mazes of sins
The puddle beneath the cork--
--bobbing on a mild chop that rolled in off the river of Dix and the open water beyond

Brogue says
"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"
Then me
"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"
Brogue
"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"
"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"

Sonny boy such a sonny boy in her voice there's a flaw
Curare! Curare! Curare!
Sonny boy bye bye sonny boy e-e-aw and e-e-aw