Mest leste ▸
Dave Bonta
toothache
on a clear afternoon
seeing how much
is out of my power
my patient body being
a great ape
An ape should be locked up
in case he should die.
Do not sit down,
my brother Leg,
my brother Stick!
The latter I carried and feared—
of all brethren, the king.
I go to the Indies
on business with Christ
in the ship, and I an ape
not knowing the dirt.