As the Starved Maelstrom laps the Navies

As the Starved Maelstrom laps the Navies As the Vulture teased Forces the Broods in lonely Valleys As the Tiger eased

By but a Crumb of Blood, fasts Scarlet Till he meet a Man Dainty adorned with Veins and Tissues And partakes -- his Tongue

Cooled by the Morsel for a moment Grows a fiercer thing Till he esteem his Dates and Cocoa A Nutrition mean

I, of a finer Famine Deem my Supper dry For but a Berry of Domingo And a Torrid Eye.