This derelict mansion My soul And its worn fine embroidered Green silk and Once charming blinds In tatters Tatters I tell you
What say you You and I Hunt forgotten treasure Here, In long winding Once bourgeoisie Halls Red carpeted halls Of misdirection
Hunt treasure here Perhaps pearls were once Unstrung suddenly As rough hand Skipped its catch And the beauty of pearls Slipped and had scattered Just rolled off and away from Her smile
Just rolled away And a tear Like crystalline Of little self Was all there could be left To shine him away
Derelict mansion Of soul Of little self And forgotten treasure Torments Like howling caving walls And floors sinking in Like memories Of torrential Musty moisture Grow into them And show like dark faces In screaming silence
Show like howling emblem Mid seething anthem To a shabby state