Menageries where sleuth-hounds caracole.
Where jaguar phalanx and phlegmatic gnu
Fright ptarmigan and kestrels cheek by jowl
With peewit and precocious cockatoo;
Gaunt seneschals, in crotchety cockades.
With seine-nets trawl for porpoise in lagoons;
While scullions gauge erratic escapades
Of madrepores in water-logged galleons:
Flamboyant triptychs groined with gherkins green.
In reckless fracas with coquettish bream,
Ecstatic gurgoyles, with grotesque chagrin.
Garnish the gruesome nightmare of my dream!
