questions are confusing
to uncle conrad in the haystack
as the armies of the night
march through miss lilly’s jokebook
which sat on top of the. piano
open to the four winds
but nobody understood the jokes
except the chambermaid
as she tiptoed past the kitchen door
hoping to surprise cousin fred
in the act of jimmying the lock
of the gate to sir guy’s vineyard
which had been unattended for many a year
i remember well
how curious good king richard was about the whole affair
on his last visit before he blew everything up and departed for the holy land
