Erica Jong - How to Name Your Familiar lyrics

When the devil brings him, like a Christmas puppy, examine his downy fur & smell his small paws for the scent of sulphur. Is he a child of hell? O clearly those soft brown eyes speak volumes of deviltry. O surely those small pink teats could s**le witches. O those floppy ears hear only the devil's hissing. O that small pink tongue will lick & lick at your heart until only Satan may slip in. A fuzzy white dog? Name him Catch. A little black kitten? She is Jamara. A tiny brown rabbit? Call her Pyewackett. Beware, beware- the soft, the innocent, the kingdom of cuddly ones- All these expose you to the jealous tongues of neighbors' flames, all these are the devil's snares! Familiars familiars- there is hellfire lurking in the softest fur, brimstone in the pinkest tongue, damnation everlasting in a purr.