Explanation

Explanations mummify

The aching fleshy panting heart

Tawdry gusts of inflammation

Jack-up in the box and void their rheum in the paltry grave of explanation

So you can explain the snowy owl and the frost in the fractal

You can explain the virgin birth

You can explain the mind of an atoll

You can explain the knife in the surf

But you can't explain the shape of my fervour

And the cloudy pierce of my longing dart

You can't explain why cats purr

And you can't turn this stone into a custard tart

I need to know your name so I can own you

I need to know your shame so I can cajole you

I need to know your faith so I can stone you

I need to know your number so I can give the dog a bone you

need to know my aim so I can disenthrone you

My lover My liege My biscuit

Apologize to my rabid pride

Like I own your hide my lackey

I will tan you from behind

With my filthy occupation

Like the olden days in lamentation

Divorce you for the umpteenth time

Dog your cruel-some incantation

At the fleetest instigation

Void my rheum by explanation.