Bury Mary

I’m tearing up the carpet

And I’m putting in tile

What if there happens to be a spill?

A stain would cramp my style

I wonder how I did get here

To this awful place?

Very well, there’s work to be done

Anyway, I could use the space

Tonight I’m going to bury Mary

Tonight I’m going to bury her

Tonight I’m going to fake a miracle

I’ll wait for the light of the moon

How I love the constellations!

Especially Orion,

We’ve had many conversations

The handsome giant slew all the wild beasts

For the protection of his love Eos

When he was blinded her rising sun

Returned his eyes to their greenest

Tonight I’m going to bury Mary…

I’m going to bury her china

I’m going to bury her clothes

I’m going to bury it all in one fell swoop

That’s the best way, I suppose

Ping-ping goes the shovel!

Pang-pang goes the pail!

The middle of summer

And the furnace will be burning

When she gets some mail!

Tonight I’m going to bury Mary…