WHY IS LARRY NERVOUS?Why is Larry nervous, peeking Under half-closed lids? Why is Larry comfort-seeking Knowing that he hid -- His lesser half, a wretched pair? -- Blessed calf made to ensnare -- The trickling of their mother, hair -- Raised in hackles, all despair Why is Larry reeking gloom Gazing at his shoes? Why is Larry courting tomb Wrought from self-made blues, -- Indigo from fear, from fright? -- Rubato glances through the night, -- Howls his twin bereft of light, -- Sealed away from public sight But try he may and try he might -- His brother boils in his sea, -- Seething liquid sanity -- Hot with fury, he is free! And so the wretched pair is one, -- Flying to the sun they flee -- The gasping and the grasping sea -- They hear their mother's call to be Back in mausoleum's bosom black -- Under lock and key Time for Larry to turn back, held -- Under lock and key And for his freedom from the fear Larry trades his heart so dear Lets nobody close or near Yet one thing is still not clear: Why is Larry nervous? |