Nine Cats
NINE CATS(WILSON/DUFFY, 1982)
A butterfly sailed on the breezePast a field of barbed wire treesWhere golden dragons chased aroundPampered poppies on the ground
Two silver trout sat way on highAnd watched a royal samuraiPlant two black orchids in a boxAnd strap it to a laughing fox
A minstrel bought a crooked spoonHe gave it to a blue baboonWho filled it full of virgin snowAnd wandered in the afterglow
A toad stood in his ballet shoesTeaching sixteen kangaroosHow to skip across a lakeThey found it hard to stay awake
A pharaoh played a merry tuneAnd watched nine cats dance on the moonI didn't know what all this meantI didn't know why I was sent