Don’t Let That Horse…

In honour of the Chinese New Year and our cantering into The Year of the Horse, some equine poetry from Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

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Don’t Let That Horse…

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Don’t let that horse

                              eat that violin

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    cried Chagall’s mother

                                     But he

                      kept right on

                                     painting

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And became famous

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And kept on painting

                              The Horse With Violin In Mouth

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And when he finally finished it

he jumped up upon the horse

                                        and rode away

          waving the violin

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And then with a low bow gave it

to the first naked nude he ran across

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And there were no strings

                                     attached

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