Erica Jong - Monkshood lyrics

Most beautiful of poisons, border-plant, wearing your small green cowl, little friar, little murderer, aconitine flows from your roots to your deep purple flowers, small deceiver, centerpiece for a poisonous feast. A few leaves in the salad, a few seeds in the soup, a thick root to flavor the stock- & it is all over. Let the lover beware who buys you for love philters. The dose is deceptive. One pinch leads to pa**ion but two will surely lead to d**h. Yet you twinkle little blue bell at the edge of the garden, wearing no warning about your slim green neck. Wolfsbane, Friar's cap, Chariot of Venus- how many may claim to be poisonous head to toe? That honor- Friar d**h- belongs to you.