What do the famous have for breakfast?
I think they have pale pink eggs
laid by rare birds, lightly boiled,
served by uniformed maids.![](../sound)
Then I think they have a bath, the famous,
in tubs with diamond taps.
They soak in perfumed lemonade
and their maids scrub their backs.![](../sound)
Then what? The famous get dressed, of course,
in gold and silver clothes
and go out for the day. They sail around
on the Thames in glass-bottomed boats,![](../sound)
waving at children on bridges,
while menservants fish for sturgeon
and scoop out the caviar with silver spoons
to feed to the famous for luncheon.![](../sound)
At bedtime the famous have stories
written specially by famous writers,
then they sleep and dream of being famous in their sparkling pyjamas or nighties.![](../sound) |