Monkey And
in the green hay Where and bear usually lay They woke a stable-boy's cry
He said; come quick! The got loose, got grass-sick! They'll founder! Fain, die
What is now known by the sorrel and the By the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding
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, Said monkey We'll get out of here, and square left the gate open wide!
So My Here is my hand, where is paw? Try and understand my plan, My is a furnace of love that's just, and earnest Now; you know that we must this to a life of service And no longer answer to that Hay-monger, nor be his (that charlatan, with hustling!) But; Ursala, got to eat something And earn our keep, while within The of the land that man has girded (all and tight-fisted!) Until we reach the open in milk and honey
Will you keep your fancy on, for me? Can you bear a little longer to wear leash? My love, I swear by the air I Sooner or later, you'll bare your
But for now, just dance, C'mon, will you dance, my Darling, there's a for us Can we go, I turn to dust? Oh my darling, a place for us Oh will you dance, my darling? Oh, the hills are with excess Like a ceaselessly being set Oh my darling, we will get yet
They past the guards, the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards All night, finally:
The space they gained Much farther the stone that bear threw To mark where stop for tea
But walk a little And don't look Your feast is to the East, which lies a past the pasture
When the blackbirds hear tea whistling, they and clap And their caws the kettle black And we have none of that!
Move along, Bear; there, that's that cast in plaster Our Ursala's heart beat Than monkey's ever
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 would sway on her hind The organ would dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, shriek Throwing at her feet Then in terror
Sing, dance, C'mon, you dance, my darling? Oh darling, there's a for us Can we go, before I to dust? Oh my darling, a place for us
Oh C'mon, you dance, my darling? You keep your eyes fixed on the highest Where you'll ever-after eat your Oh my darling, dear, If you Dance, darling, and I love you
Deep in the Shone a weak and miserly Where the monkey shouldered his
Someone had him The bear had wandering A fair away from where they were camped
had told him The bear'd been away To the caverns, to bathe
And the thought troubled the For he was afraid of spelunking down in caves
Also afraid what the people would say If saw the bear in that state;
Lolling and obscenely Well, it seemed irrational, really; that face
Washing that matted and flea-bit In some sea-spit-shine, old dripping with brine
But monkey laughed, and he muttered; she comes back, Ursala will be bursting with pride
Till I up! Saying: you've rolling in muck! Saying: you of garbage and grime!
But far out Far out By now By now Far out, by now, Bear she would not drown:
First the of the bear Up and fell down, in the water, like garters
Then the outside-arms of the Fell off, as easy as if sloughed from tomatoes
Low'red in a genteel Bear shed the of her diluvian shoulders;
And, a sigh, She allowed the burden of belly to drop like an apron full of
If you could up her threadbare Coat to the light where worn translucent in places
You'd see where Almost every night of the year Bear had mending suspending that baseness
Now her coat drags the water Bagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, minnows;
In the magnetic Balletic and of Bear's insatiable shadow;
there! there! When left Bear there! there! When Bear stepped of Bear
Sooner or later bury your teeth