Mother, give me the
sun! Ibsen, Ghosts
They blot out the sun,
poets waving their deaths around like snakes.
It takes one to know one.
The play is done,
the heroine drowned in a lake.
That blots out the sun
for me, because how can we have any fun
when the hero’s a syphilitic rake?
It takes one to know one.
God draws His gun,
and the great Lord of all Snakes,
Satan, blows up the sun.
But the movie goes on
after Bambi’s mother takes
it in the heart. Now I'm the One—
disastrous fate!—the King of Venison,
played by Bradley Cooper in the remake,
shining like the sun
on Lady Gaga. It takes one to know one.
