A Coney Island of the Mind

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

From A Coney Island of the Mind c. 1955 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

[It is not possible to maintain the spacial integrity of poetry in this format. I have reproduced this work as closely as possible to it's original published form.

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