Easel & Cleaver

The pharaoh's newborn child Had a little cough A respiratory failure A skull soon to be soft Automatons are creaking The gears and wires grind These old floorboards are squeaking This machine has a mind Mind The carcass of a camel Smells like gasoline An olive sliced into thirds His bicycle is bent A pie on a windowsill Is melting in the rain A widow's salt dispenser This machine has a mind Mind