Detergent For Fleece North Faces

mad gardener's song * Based on a story

thought he saw an elephant, an elephant
played the flute;
looking better
saw that it was a letter from his wife.
"Finally he said, 'I know
that life is bitter!"

thought he saw a buffalo
installed in the chimney;
looking better
saw was the niece of his brother:
"Get out," he said, otherwise
call the police! "


thought he saw a snake that had questions on Greek looking
Best, saw it was
on Thursday of next week.
"I just feel," he said
that I can talk! "

thought he saw a bank clerk
descended from a bus;
looking better
saw that it was a huge hippo.
"If you stay for lunch," he said,
what happened when my wife! "


thought he saw a kangaroo spinning mill;
looking better, he saw it was a pill
plant.
"To swallow this," he said
must feel really bad! "

thought he saw a coach and six
arrested not far from his bed
better looking, saw that it was
a bear decapitated.
"Poor brute," he said, poor dumb animal!
is waiting for your dinner! "


thought he saw an albatross hovering around a candle;
looking better
saw that it was a two-cent stamp.
"You should come," he said,
nights are very damp! "


thought he saw a gate that was opened by a key;
looking better
saw that it was made a rule of thumb.
"His mysteries," he said to me
are as clear as day! "


thought he saw an argument that proved he was the Pope;
looking better
saw that it was a piece of soap.
"Great God," he said, such an event
leaves no hope! "


* poems from Sylvia and Bruno, Lewis Carroll novel