Monkey And
Down in the hay Where monkey and bear lay woke from a stable-boy's cry
He said; someone quick! The got loose, got grass-sick! They'll founder! Fain, die
What is now known by the and the roan? By the chestnut, and the bay, and the grey?
It is: stay by the gate you are And remain in your place, for your And had the overfed dead but To high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom...
Did you hear that, Bear? monkey We'll get out of here, fair and They've the gate open wide!
So My Here is my hand, where is paw? Try and understand my plan, My heart is a of love that's just, and earnest Now; you know that we must this Allegiance to a of service And no longer answer to that Hay-monger, nor be his (that charlatan, artless hustling!) Ursala, we've got to eat something And earn our keep, while within The borders of the land that man has (all and tight-fisted!) Until we the open country in milk and honey
Will you keep fancy clothes on, for me? Can you bear a little longer to that leash? My love, I swear by the air I Sooner or later, you'll your teeth
But for now, dance, darling C'mon, will you dance, my Darling, there's a for us Can we go, before I turn to Oh my darling, there's a for us Oh C'mon will you dance, my Oh, the are groaning with excess Like a table being set Oh my darling, we get there yet
They trooped the guards, the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards All night, till
The they gained grew Much farther than the that bear threw To where they'd stop for tea
But a little faster And look backwards feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture
When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they and clap And their applause caws the kettle And we have none of that!
Move along, Bear; there, that's that Though in plaster Our Ursala's heart faster Than monkey's will
But They got to pay the bills they? That is the monkey'd say
So, the courage of a clown, or a cur Or a kite, tight at its tether In her gown of fur And her jerkin' of swansdown and
Bear would sway on her legs; The organ would dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, shriek Throwing at her feet recoiling in terror
Sing, dance, C'mon, you dance, my darling? Oh darling, there's a for us Can we go, before I turn to Oh my darling, there's a for us
Oh C'mon, you dance, my darling? 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
Deep in the Shone a weak and light Where the monkey shouldered his
had told him The bear had been A fair away from where they were camped
had told him The bear'd been sneaking To the seaside caverns, to
And the thought troubled the For he was afraid of spelunking down in those
Also what the village people would say If saw the bear in that state;
Lolling and splashing Well, it seemed irrational, washing that 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
I jump up! Saying: been rolling in muck! Saying: you of garbage and grime!
But far out Far out By now By now Far out, by now, ploughed 'Cause she would not
the outside-legs of the bear Up and fell down, in the water, knobby garters
Then the outside-arms of the Fell off, as easy as if sloughed from tomatoes
Low'red in a genteel Bear shed the mantle of her diluvian
And, a sigh, She the burden of belly to drop like an apron full of boulders
If you hold up her threadbare Coat to the light it's worn translucent in places
see spots where Almost every night of the year Bear had been mending that baseness
Now her coat drags the water Bagging, with a of hunger, limitless minnows;
In the embrace Balletic and glacial of Bear's shadow;
there! there! When Bear left there! there! When Bear clear of Bear
Sooner or later you'll bury teeth