“He shakes his dead rattle
Spittle on his bib
And I don't do the dishes
I throw them in the crib”
Courtney Love (1964) American punk singer-songwriter, musician, actress, and artist
"Plump"
Song lyrics, Live Through This (1994)
“This stable is a prince's court,
The crib his chair of state;
The beasts are parcel of his pomp,
The wooden dish his plate.”
"New Prince, New Pomp", line 17; p. 96.
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