Brown honey drops drip on her tongue To heal such heated hunger The lemon twist squirted The salted meat and bitter brew Easing the gnawing beast Feasting on her lack of food The tiny face drawn in hunger Looked lovingly like an angel to me Red lips bleeding from the needing A harsh blush brushing her skin Phlegm rattling Like a death toll As the bell cracks but still tolls Fantasies of chicken legs and buttered rolls Rack her fevered brain Today will be the same Dreaming of something delicious