Lulu Gay

Lulu sang of barbarians before the eunuchs

Of gobs, who called her orchidean,

Sniffed her and slapped heavy hands

Upon her.

She made the eunuchs ululate.

She described for them

The manners of the barbarians

What they did with their thumbs.

The eunuchs heard her

With continual ululation.

She described how the barbarians kissed her

With their wide mouths

And breaths as true

As the gum of the gum-tree.

“Olu” the eunuchs cried. “Ululalu”