Sandpaper and Phantom Rainbows

When I saw him last, He wore grey bananas on his feet He had a pirate’s hat between his teeth Long last the man from Oliver Kitten arrived on the shores of my head How was he to bring such a large basket of straws and ask me to bloom a white rose You have been back he said with a twirl of a red gem Yellow kittens for my pleasure, Only one black dog Keep roaring up the hill, don’t stop Take the bottom off the wheel You won’t need it soon You are on your way down The pink parade will catch your fall Dolphins everywhere Even under my old brown coat