Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Don’t Let That Horse . . .

Don’t let that horse
                             eat that violin
 
   cried Chagall’s mother
 
                                    But he
                     kept right on
                                    painting
 
And became famous
 
And kept on painting
                             The Horse With Violin In Mouth
 
And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse
                                       and rode away
         waving the violin
 
And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across
 
 
And there were no strings
                                    attached
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