Simply put, he is joking about her being hungry (Gerald Friend is said to have starved the girl while she was in his custody). But instead of feeding her he decides to “ get off her first”, meaning to sexually gratify himself at her expense. This phrase is actually a colloquial term which in its most-common usage refers to feeding a parrot. This song has logically raised the eyebrows of some listeners. From the onset it would appear that Kurt is mocking the victim of the aforementioned incident. Indeed the titular “Polly” is the name given to her throughout the song. And he begins by stating “ Polly wants a cracker”. You can change these settings by clicking “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer at any time.Cobain became privy of this story via the newspaper. And this is his own personal take on the events which transpired, again being relayed by him taking on the persona of the kidnapper. Please note that you will still see advertising, but it will not be personalised to you. You can choose not to receive personalised ads by clicking “Reject data collection and continue” below. Read more about how we personalise ads in the BBC and our advertising partners. When you consent to data collection on AMP pages you are consenting to allow us to display personalised ads that are relevant to you when you are outside of the UK. We use local storage to store your consent preferences on your device. Read more about the essential information we store on your device to make our web pages work. To make our web pages work, we store some limited information on your device without your consent. The lightweight mobile page you have visited has been built using Google AMP technology. You may be asked to set these preferences again when you visit non-AMP BBC pages.
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