Monkey And
in the green hay Where monkey and bear 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 dead but listened To high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom...
Did you that, Bear? Said monkey get out of here, fair and square They've the gate open wide!
So My Here is my hand, is your paw? Try and understand my plan, My heart is a Full of love just, and earnest you know 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 A-steeped in and honey
Will you your fancy clothes on, for me? Can you bear a longer to wear that leash? My love, I swear by the air I or later, you'll bare your teeth
But for now, just dance, C'mon, will you dance, my Darling, there's a for us Can we go, before I to dust? Oh my darling, there's a for us Oh will you dance, my darling? Oh, the hills are groaning with Like a ceaselessly being set Oh my darling, we will get yet
They trooped the guards, the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards All night, finally:
The space they grew Much than the stone that bear threw To mark they'd stop for tea
But a little faster And look backwards Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the
When the hear tea whistling, they rise and clap And applause caws the kettle black And we can't have of that!
along, Bear; there, there; that's that Though in plaster Our Ursala's heart beat Than ever will
But have got to pay the bills Hadn't That is what the say
So, with the 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 hind The organ would dregs of song, for the pleasure Of the children, shriek Throwing coins at her Then recoiling in
Sing, dance, C'mon, will you dance, my 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 on the highest hill Where you'll ever-after eat your Oh my darling, dear, If you Dance, darling, and I you still
Deep in the a weak and miserly light Where the monkey shouldered his
had told him The bear had been A fair piece away from where 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 caves
Also afraid what the village would say If they saw the bear in state;
and splashing obscenely Well, it seemed irrational, really; washing face
Washing matted and flea-bit pelt In some sea-spit-shine, old kelp with brine
But monkey just laughed, and he she comes back, Ursala will be bursting with pride
Till I up! Saying: been rolling in muck! you smell 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, knobby garters
the outside-arms of the bear Fell off, as easy as if from boiled 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 full of boulders
If you hold up her threadbare Coat to the light where worn translucent in places
You'd see spots Almost every night of the year had been mending suspending that baseness
Now her drags through the water Bagging, with a life's-worth of hunger, limitless
In the embrace and glacial of Bear's insatiable shadow;
there! there! When Bear Bear there! there! When Bear stepped of Bear
Sooner or later you'll bury teeth