Rules Of The Game Of Quoits

Rules Of The Game Of Quoits

The girl in the rubber shoes
Has run away from home
To the gymnasium
The sun in the blinds is blue
& the girl moves through the room
Like an aquarium

Rules of the game of quoits
Use the dimmest light or the brightest light
When the hoops start melting & the sticks catch fire
Rules of the game of quoits
On the softest matting or the hardest floor
When the hoops start melting & the sticks catch fire
Tunics may be worn or torn away
& the rules of the game may be ignored

The boy with the ruddy face
Has left his place of work
For the gymnasium
He enters like a tent
Where the girl has left her scent
Like a geranium

Rules of the game of quoits
Use the softest matting or the hardest floor
When the hoops start melting & the sticks catch fire
Rules of the game of quoits
If your posture's right you can thrust the quoit
When the hoops start melting & the sticks catch fire
Tunics may be worn or torn away
& the rules of the game may be ignored

The girl in the rubber shoes
Pins the ruddy-faced boy to the floor
Of the gymnasium
She's crawling on the spot
She's the ink-rubber, he's the blot
& she erases him

Rules of the game of quoits
In the dimmest light or the brightest light
When the hoops start melting & the sticks catch fire
Rules of the game of quoits
Bend your knees & swing through ninety degrees
When the hoops start melting and the sticks catch fire
Tunics may be worn or torn away
& the rules of the game may be ignored

For love will endure or not endure
Regardless of where we are