as black as love
as black as Stalin's heart
as black as innocence
as black as politics
as black as the feet of Jesus
as black as the nails in the feet of Jesus
as black as kisses
as black as honesty
as black as Baudelaire
as black as the word "fuck" shouted in church
as black as the roses of Tralee
as black as the reek of rain-drenched soil
as black as chemotherapy
as black as January trees
as black as bureaucracy
as black as a clergyman's virtue
as black as perfection
as black as bliss
as black as blood
as black as a gambler's luck
as black as a miner's lung