Private is empathy Pity not sympathy Random telepathy To crush your useless thoughts Hideous is cousin Nell Cocoon of fetid smell Forcing my thoughts to dwell on germs sticking to skin Back to ceremony Unpaid alimony Might be a felony In mama's greedy eye Here in the grey, old hall I hear my favorite call From the once talking ball Elvira is her name Hid is my maddened hate For the legalese state Of my parents now late Working on their marriage