Zip

I've interviewed Pablo Picasso
And a countess named di Frosso
I've interviewed the great Stravinsky
But my greatest achievement was the interview I had
With the star who worked for Minsky
I met her at the Yankee Clipper
And she didn't unzip one zipper
I said, "Miss Lee, you are such an artist
Tell me why you never miss
What do you think of while you work?"
And she said
"While I work my thoughts go something like this"
Zip! Walter Lippman wasn't brilliant today
Zip! Will Saroyan ever write a great play?
Zip! I was reading Schopenhauer last night
Zip! And I think that Schopenhauer was right
I don't want to see Zarina
I don't want to meet Cobina
Zip! I'm an intellectual
I don't like a deep contralto
Or a man whose voice is alto
Zip! I'm a heterosexual
Zip! It took intellect to master my art
Zip! Who the hell is Margie Hart?
Zip! I consider Dali's paintings passé
Zip! Will they make the Metropolitan pay?
Zip! English people don't say "clerk"
They say "clark"
Zip! Anybody who says "clark" is a jerk
I adore the great Confucius
And the lines of luscious Lucius
Zip! I am so eclectic
I don't care for either Mickey
Mouse or Rooney makes me sicky
Zip! I'm a little hectic
Zip! My artistic taste is classic and dear
Zip! Who the hell's Lily St. Cyr?