Kit Kelen #982 - I kept a wild beast in the city

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I kept a wild beast in the city 

 

I kept a wild beast in the city

what manner of hard to say

but cuddly under covers

in my room in mind

all around the shop

whiff of dream to go with when

bouncy with little style, a certain...

bunny some ways, possum too

always up for a climb

and tiger in the wilds of course

from far, from letting go

I had a soft toy in the town

came alive with rub and tug

and never knew where it would hide

or he or she – dangly, folding –

rollick hay and seasonal

and even in the month, the day

I couldn't keep it to myself

or in your pants or mine

but you could say that I was kept

with wild beast ways

with love that's here and gone

then I would keep

or so to speak

this wild beast

of my own