the teacher would say
that was a good story
children

written by hans
christian
anderson

a long time ago
in denmark
copenhagen

what would you say
was the moral
of the story?

who knows what a
moral
is?

she would take out
her dictionary
and translate

a moral  is..
a code of behaviour
as judged correct

by society so a strange
man naked in the
street or

anti royalist sentiment
better to be a swarthy
robber or

docile sheep..
not like we have a choice
born into this-

said bukowski
but that kind of
fatalism we will

leave to another
day
monkey..?