The Menu - Stephin Merritt

I criss-cross this wide world

For a single flower

Pussy Willow can go and go

Black-Eyed Susan: bruise but don’t burn

Poison Ivy could take a tree

Obviously, Five Finger Fern, mm

Narcissus folds in unusual ways

Jack-in-the-Pulpit bends

You give the orders and Catnip obeys

Lily-of-the-Nile waters her friends, mm

African Violet does tricks with her tongue

Venus Fly Trap is tight

Honeysuckle is especially young

All are not free, but they’re free for the night

I criss-cross this wide world

For a single flower