Sunday, September 18, 2022

15,601. HOLD DOWN THAT MONK

HOLD DOWN THAT MONK
Hold down that monk, with his
head in the toilet. Let forth the
wild horses roam! There is not
a moment to lose; we are getting
too close to home. Get out your
lesson-books, Jack, and start the
walking to school. Sit at your
piano, Thelonious, and begin
with the noise you make; your
cabaret card is in the mail.
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The creeps who run NYCity
don't really know a thing : 
They'll stab you and probe
you, and make dictates of
their onerous conclusions.
I want no part of that.
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In the dimly-lit jazz-club room,
Myrtle removes her garter to sing.
Peppo the Creep says 'I have a 
garter snake she's welcome to use.'
He wants to be a lewd comedian, 
but I tell him there's  no future 
in that. 'Shut up, sit down, and 
listen to the music, you idiot. 
This isn't 1955, and Lenny Bruce 
has come and gone.'


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