Nosegay

i/

pity poor Dante

he rides upon a rouncey

Rocinante rears

his inestimable neigh

as fierce as any dray-horse

caught in flagrante

he makes the bouncey-bouncey

inside the pantry

downs ale-jug after ale-jug

shag-hot hobble-de-nag

glimpsed from the gantry

Beatrice minus flounces

a sweetest nose-gay

against the jeers her ear-plugs

white-noise as any Noh-play

ii/

poor Don Qui…