Sunday, March 18, 2012

For April Fools Day - Palm Sunday



The Donkey -
a poem by G.K. Chesterton


WHEN fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.


With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all four-footed things.


The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will,
Starve, scourge, deride me I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.


Fools, for I also had my hour,
One far fierce hour and sweet,
There was a shout about my ears
And palms before my feet.