Mrs. Pilling

Mrs. Pilling, in her undemonstrative, silent manner
Has an understanding with the pig boy
And though she recoils from his habits
She has a stolid tolerance and respect
For other people's peculiarities
And is inclined to act out of character herself
In order to preserve someone else's individuality
Mrs. Pilling and the pig boy
Mrs. Pilling and the pig boy
Her sobriety
Her apparent acceptance of a way of
Life that will continue until she dies
These frighten me
She seems like someone who could set up camp in a graveyard
And continue to boil the billy
Eat and sleep soundly
And perhaps spend the day polishing
The tombstones or weeding the graves
Mrs. Pilling and the pig boy
Mrs. Pilling and the pig boy