THE BIRTH OF A DRAGON
Once upon a time as you sat
near the window, counting on your finger-tips
the names of all your buddies at school
I wanted to tell you a fantastic horror-tale
disguised in the fairy hues
Once, little boys and little girls
wanted to grow wings on their Nike shoes and fly.
Once the elephants wanted to grow talons and hunt like tigers and cats.
Once fairies wanted to have a mermaid's
tail and fins to swim.
Once the mermaid wanted to trade her immortality
for a transient human soul.
And the horror was that the children were without a wing;
their shoes got worn and discarded soon.
Elephants could not have talons
and had to make do
with a heavy trunk.
The fairies could not swim in the sea,
nor could the mermaid have the love of a human prince.
Some poet came and seized all those dreams;
put them in a magic box and drowned them in a potion of a witch's brew
And lo! A dragon was born and everything fell in place
Once upon a time as you sat
near the window, counting on your finger-tips
the names of all your buddies at school
I wanted to tell you a fantastic horror-tale
disguised in the fairy hues
Once, little boys and little girls
wanted to grow wings on their Nike shoes and fly.
Once the elephants wanted to grow talons and hunt like tigers and cats.
Once fairies wanted to have a mermaid's
tail and fins to swim.
Once the mermaid wanted to trade her immortality
for a transient human soul.
And the horror was that the children were without a wing;
their shoes got worn and discarded soon.
Elephants could not have talons
and had to make do
with a heavy trunk.
The fairies could not swim in the sea,
nor could the mermaid have the love of a human prince.
Some poet came and seized all those dreams;
put them in a magic box and drowned them in a potion of a witch's brew
And lo! A dragon was born and everything fell in place
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