Don’t Let That Horse . . .

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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

© Gaius Valerius Catullus