The Raveness

 
'Sweet-laced with a screw loose'-
Written in November 2012. 

 

They see me beautiful, porcelain and fair,

Starry eyed for the night, with powdered ebony hair;

A rose glorifying the hour, as the Twelfth stroke chimes.

Yet I know how to wither the flower without spending a dime.

 

At court, I’m alight; straight-laced and prim,

When the masquerades over, I delight in the grisly and grim;

I’m not shall we say, “What appears on the tin”.

 

What once in the 15th was triumphant and brilliant:-

Upon my arrival in the 18th became survival of the fittest!


The ceilings adorned with cherubs plucking at harps,

Below we float upon clouds to the genius of a dandy Mozart,

When the curtain falls on this night:-

I’ve a plan for this evening’s sweetheart.

 

For him it’s destined fatal, Like Gustav III of Sweden,

After we’ve waltzed as a carnival, He lays bleeding,

My dish of tea, One century spoiled by assassination,

Ridicule me, I’m never afraid, I should be praised!

For I rock, shock and mock all in a crimson cascade.

Shit I've been had!

They once saw me beautiful, porcelain and fair,

Starry eyed for the night, with powdered ebony hair;

A rose glorifying the hour, as the Twelfth stroke doth chime!

I could wither the flower without spending a dime.

 

At court, I was alight; straight-laced and prim,

When the masquerade died, I’d delight in the grisly and grim;

I wasn’t shall we say, “What appeared on the tin”,

 

The voices in my head bought my world to a spin;

“Your carriage awaits the coachman said”,

And so I hopped right in, unbeknownst to me,

 I’d been had, I was mad! So they threw me in:-
Behind the bars, I sit and I sing a little something like this!  
(Meeeeeow)

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