Marve Fisher

“I like Chopin and BizetAnd the songs of yesterday,String quartets and Polynesian carols.But the music that excelsIs the sound of oil wellsAs they slurp, slurp, slurp into the barrels.”

“I like the old-fashioned flowers,Violets are for me —Have them made in diamonds by the man at Tiffany.”

“In our cottage there will beA soundproof nursery,Not to wake the baby while I'm counting.”

“I'd like a plain simple car,A cerise Cadillac —Long enough to have a bowling alley in the back.”

“I'm just an old-fashioned girlWith an old-fashioned mind,Not sophisticated,I'm the plain and simple kind.I want an old-fashioned houseWith an old-fashioned fenceAnd an old-fashioned millionaire.”