FLOPPY EARS HEAR BETTER
THE VILLAGE BOY ASSIGNED FLOPPY EARS
BY SOME UNKNOWN PANEL OF ELDERS
WAITED IN STINKY PUDDLES FOR ONE WHO BEARS
WAITED UNDER A HEAVY BAG OF SMELDERS
THIS FLOP EARED BOY HAD DREAMED OF OTHER FLOP EARS
NOT OF HIS OWN KIN WHO WOULD TROD
WITH FOUR HOOVES, NOT JUST TWO
BEARING A HEAVY BAG IN NOD
OVER LONG DUSTY ROAD IN RUE
OF THE TAXED LOAD EVEN UNBORN
STILL THE FLOPEARED BOY ONLY HEARD FALLING STARS
AND SWEEPING WINDS OF WINGS
BUT WAIT–NOW DID HE HEAR CLACKING BARS
DRAGGING TO BEAR FRESH THINGS
FOR HEAVY DONKEY LOAD HAD KNOWN
OF NEED FOR SWADDLINGS IN OLD BOXES
HEAVY DONKEY LOAD NOW HEARD WIND-BLOWN
NOW FLOPPY EARS OF BOY AND DONKEY COCKSES
TO CATCH THE BREATH OF EACH IN HEAVE AND SIGH
AS EACH FOUR FLOPPY EARS SENT WIRES
OF HOPE TO HEART OF BOY AND ALL BY
AS EACH FOUR FLOPPY EARS ALL ANEW UNDER STAR’S FIRES.
To Be Continued with a third set of ears joining to listen!
granbee 