Horse/Violin

14
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti


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 


"14" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, from A Coney Island of the Mind. © New Directions Publishing, 1958. 

Listen to the poem set to music.
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