I met a raccoon, his face a mask,
he said,"The answer you get
is the question you ask.
'Cause just like a bu*terfly
caught in the net,
the question you ask
is the answer you get."
There came a dove, astride a steed,
she said,"The flame of love
is the power you need."
I met a bat with leathern wings,
said,"This and that:
not two different things."
I met a cat, she made me an offer,
"I bet you a song for a single pauper."
Met a mockingbird
with a feathered cap,
said,"The slickest word's
the stickiest trap."
Met a crow with a robin's egg,
said,"Starve or steal, but never beg.
Only a fool is afraid to ask
whose tool he is, and for what task."
Caught each thought, packed it dense.
Beyond the sound is found in sense.
Sought the sound
and found the sense.
Where speech surrenders,
song begins.
It's a zero-sum game, everybody wins.
Speech released and song began
when first we realized:"Yes, we can!"
Now release the though
and set it free,
least mind be caught in poetry.
We're all pilgrims on this big ball:
I said my piece, now heed the call!
Speech surrenders, zero-sum game,
everybody wins.
Speech surrenders, beyond the sound
is found in sense.
Speech surrenders.
Brujo raccoon removed his mask,
quipped,"The answer you get
is the question you ask."
Caterpillar cocooned
in Psyche's net,
rapped,"What you're not's
what you ain't yet."
Met a snake, we made a slow deal,
"Swap an acre of fake
for a snowflake of real."
Met a mockingbird
with a feathered cap,
said,"The slickest word's
the stickiest trap."
Supersonic bat on silent wings
meant,"Mind & matter
ain't different things."
Shrieked a chimp downhill
in a shopping cart:
"Ain't no stopping once we start.
Only a fool is afraid to ask
Whose tool he is and for what task.
So blithely chirp like cheery birds
wisely perched
past reach of words!"
Speech surrenders, zero-sum game,
everybody wins.
Speech surrenders, beyond the
sound is found the sense.
Speech surrenders.