Monkey And
Down in the hay monkey and bear usually lay They woke from a cry
He said; someone quick! The got loose, got grass-sick! founder! Fain, they'll die
What is now known by the and the roan? By the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding
It is: stay by the gate you are And remain in place, for your season And had the overfed but listened To high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom...
Did you hear that, Said monkey We'll get out of here, fair and left the gate open wide!
So My is my hand, where is your paw? Try and understand my plan, My is a furnace Full of that's just, and earnest Now; you that we must unlearn this Allegiance to a of service And no longer to that heartless Hay-monger, nor be his (that charlatan, with hustling!) But; Ursala, we've got to eat And earn our keep, while still The borders of the land that man has (all and tight-fisted!) Until we reach the country in milk and honey
Will you keep your fancy on, for me? Can you bear a little longer to wear that My love, I swear by the air I Sooner or later, you'll bare teeth
But for now, just dance, C'mon, you dance, my darling? Darling, there's a for us Can we go, before I turn to Oh my darling, a place for us Oh will you dance, my darling? Oh, the hills are groaning with Like a table being set Oh my darling, we will get yet
They past the guards, Past the coops, and the fields, and the All night, finally:
The space they gained Much than the stone that bear threw To mark they'd stop for tea
But a little faster And don't backwards Your feast is to the East, which a little past the pasture
When the blackbirds tea whistling, they rise and clap And their applause caws the black And we have none of that!
Move along, there, there; that's that Though cast in Our Ursala's heart beat Than ever will
But have got to pay the bills Hadn't That is the monkey'd say
So, with the of a clown, or a cur Or a kite, tight at its tether In her dun-brown of fur And her jerkin' of and leather
Bear sway on her hind legs; The organ would dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, shriek Throwing at her feet Then recoiling in
Sing, dance, C'mon, will you dance, my Oh darling, there's a for us Can we go, before I turn to Oh my darling, a place for us
Oh C'mon, will you dance, my You keep eyes fixed on the highest hill you'll ever-after eat your fill Oh my darling, dear, If you Dance, darling, and I you still
in the night Shone a weak and miserly Where the monkey shouldered his
had told him The bear had wandering A fair piece away where they were camped
had told him The bear'd been away To the seaside caverns, to
And the troubled the monkey For he was afraid of spelunking in those caves
afraid what the village people would say If saw the bear in that state;
Lolling and obscenely Well, it seemed irrational, really; washing face
Washing that matted and flea-bit In some sea-spit-shine, old dripping with brine
But just laughed, and he muttered; When she back, Ursala will be bursting with pride
Till I up! Saying: you've been in muck! Saying: you of garbage and grime!
But far out Far out By now By now Far out, by now, Bear 'Cause she would not
First the outside-legs of the Up and fell down, in the water, like knobby
the outside-arms of the bear Fell off, as as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes
Low'red in a curtsy Bear the mantle of her diluvian shoulders;
And, a sigh, She allowed the burden of belly to like an apron full of boulders
If you could hold up her Coat to the light it's worn translucent in places
You'd see spots Almost every of the year Bear had been mending suspending that baseness
Now her drags through the water Bagging, with a of hunger, limitless minnows;
In the embrace Balletic and glacial of Bear's insatiable
there! there! When Bear left there! there! When stepped clear of Bear
Sooner or you'll bury your teeth