Grandmother, mother - and I A couple of broads smile - Lords! -, it's me, who boards at their table. Two is ever their number - Lords! - ladies they are to me. Mother and daughter, caught, bought, sold I am to them. I love them, I love them, the younger one is ever the girl of my dreams. The older one sells her - no: sells me - to brigands who lurk in the darkness around. That is what has me so frightened, so frightened: Ladies, don't leave me alone! They do, they do leave me - my dreams are coming so true, so true. 2007-12-11 |
© Anthony Thwaites