Porcelain

A darker garden this, though pale with beauty
 In the louring of the rain
 How I long to break the silence
 Where the moths and tigers play
 Driving through the forest in the empty afternoon
 A Japanese car stalled inside a glade
 But the world is porcelain
 Yes, the world is porcelain
 And the quiet nights with the friend who could not stay
 Left the future all sundazed
 Alice, Jude and Laura singing
 All our friends have come to stay
 They are laughing in the sunlight
 Where the criss-cross fountains play
 Sunlight on the empty house and sunlight on the fields
 The cul-de-sac, the law, the tracks, the lane
 But the world is porcelain
 Yes, the world is porcelain
 Still the evening will not come here
 And the stones are cracked and warm
 And the pool is filled with sunlight
 Still the evening will not come