MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

MURDER

1974 Murder

On the Orient Express;

In the Railway Station

Oriental sumptuousness,

Travelers and Peddlers.

We traveled once, Diana and I,

From Venice to Zurich

By Overnight Express,

Cabinette, silver service,

And linen tablecloths.

Curried chicken and white rice

And the Alps gliding

Majestically by.

“Mr. Ratchet has been frontally stabbed,

Twelve times.”

But not on our train.

On our train, love,

And precious memories;

Along the canal in Venice

Roasted sparrow and fried sardines,

As the gondolas glide swiftly by.

And in Zurich an Oompah Band

In the hotel basement,

And in a small estaminet

Along the street,

Champignons sur du pain grille.

While Wretched Ratchet

Is Wretchedly murdered

By twelve good men and true.

But that was on the other train,

And all the while we walked

Hand in hand

Along the streets of Zurich.