THE MONKEY WAY

by Constantin von Hoffmeister

umbuglola eats bananas fine but rotten
the bottom cracks no glue can mend nor fix
free ticket back to the horror! the horror!
with relatives in limbo skinny starving
(wild beasts martyred out of depravity)
near harare they all got married in the mud
(rubber bullets tear no wails)
and the triumph of the mold a mandate
mistah kurtz aloft a muddy blaze of tears
(chewing limbs and spitting stumps)
population differences in fertility
collaboration consists of a moral posture
(eyes kept shut fixed with yellow pestilence)
umbuglola's bubble belly stalking fresh prey
in the wild they breed far and wide
(artificial dice have fallen and decided)
unifying principles of economic prosperity
regardless of truth and confederate principles
(they smoke they eat they copulate
the equation clear as night)
praise the daily recitations!
(in the deep deep forest the limbs will rot)
and sing the song of unity!
mistah kurtz on hold sings swell to the ladies