Last Christmas I made another book for Zen (or was that two years ago?). Starfish and Coffee, from the Prince song. Here are scans of the pages:
It was 7:45, we were all in line, to greet the teacher Miss Kathleen
First was Kevin, then came Lucy, third in line was me.
All of us were ordinary compared to Cynthia Rose. She always stood at the back of the line, a smile beneath her nose.
Her favorite number was 20, and every single day if you asked her what she had for breakfast, this is what she’d say:
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam.
Butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, and a side order of ham.
If you set your mind free baby, maybe you’d understand. Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and ham.
Cynthia wore the prettiest dress with different colored socks. Sometimes I wondered if the mates were in her lunchbox…
Me and Lucy opened it when Cynthia wasn’t around. Lucy cried, I almost died, do you know what we found?
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam, butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, a side order of ham. If you set your mind free baby, maybe you’d understand. Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam.
Cynthia had a happy face just like the one she’d draw on every wall, in every school. But it’s all right, it’s for a worthy cause. Go on Cynthia, keep singing!
Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam, butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, a side order of ham. If you set your mind free baby, maybe you’d understand. Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam. Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam, butterscotch clouds, a tangerine, a side order of ham. If you set your mind free baby, maybe you’d understand. Starfish and coffee, maple syrup and jam. …
