The Walrus and I
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We sat on a cornflake
Waiting for the van to come
The Walrus and I
He spoke harmoniously of things
His favorite things
Like fields of strawberries
Lucy in the sky
And rock Starrs
And then he stopped talking
And simply imagined
Although he was silent, I heard the whole thing
He took me across the universe
To the origin of it all
And showed me that we aren’t so different
The Walrus and I
He showed me his dreams
Of dying like her grandfather
But Ono, her father was killed
He fulfilled that dream one day
Dying like he
Who fathered her father
Before I became
And yet, here we sit
Together on a cornflake
The Walrus and I
We continued to speak
His round Potter glasses
Sitting in front of eyes
That gave peace a chance
Until Mark marked a mark
But, even at the walrus’ demise
Cranberry sauce
I buried Paul
I buried Paul
I BURIED PAUL
And even in death, the peaceful porpoise
Still shines on
Like the moon
And the stars
And the sun
If only we’d met,
The Walrus and I