We Ate Like Kings

How sweet is this evening like milk and molasses When the holes in the linoleum are hidden by plastic We can never afford the marble cutting board Nor the posture correction So we hunched as we worked at the surface Until we found out reflections And our foreheads met as we cleaned our beds And we loved one another 'til out cheeks were wet And I praised you again for the life you had made And there was no God but we spoke out grace How brave were these children? ate nothing for supper And no gentle rebuke but the hunger pains that we suffered But we ate like kings for a minute You told me you could probably kick it with me And I doubt this long time is over with But you gave me a reaso to sit up and, Breathe And I haven't felt these lungs in a while More than anything other than guilt And the mercury vapor that kept me aligned Longer than the fire you built, To sustain the last part of your poor self And to rebuild my missing spine So remember me as I am as I stand here, a mess on the tiles How dumb are these peasants, like hoping for better With no reason to hope but the fear they'd starve in this weather We ate like kings for a minute You told me you could probably kick it with me And I doubt this long time is over with But you gave me a reason to sit up and, Breathe We ate like kings for a minute You told me you could probably kick it with me And I doubt this long time is over with But you gave me a reason to sit up and, Breathe We ate like kings for a minute You told me you could probably kick it with me And I doubt this long time is over with But you gave me a reason to sit up and, Breathe We ate like kings for a minute You told me you could probably kick it with me And I doubt this long time is over with But you gave me a reason to sit up and, Breathe