14th
New Arrival to Tea
Hatter: And ever since that (mournfully) he [Time] won’t do a thing I ask. It’s always six o’clock now.
Alice: Is that the reason so many tea things are put out here?
Hatter (sighs): Yes, that’s it; it’s always tea time, and we’ve no time to wash the things between whiles.
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A crumb filled platter,
Tell me, Love, what do you say?
Do you think they can fix this broken rosary?
All of the yogurt has gone bad,
but we sit in front of cacti howling at
the awful trombone who brazenly mourns in public.
The child’s tears opening up the space;
Alice on the keys. We love her dearly, don’t we?
But that hair, it must be snipped. Say, have
I ever asked you what the difference is between
a pumpernickel and a pomplamoose? Two grapefruit
between his hands and his shadow never moved.
Always six o’clock. Hand me your saucer, Dear.
