Two little creatures 
with faces the size of 
a pair of pennies 
are clasping each other 
"Ah do not leave me" 
One says to the other 
in the high monkey - 
cage in the beast shop 
there are no people 
to gape at them now 
for people are loth 
peer in the dimness 
have they not builded 
streets and playhouses 
sky sign and bars 
to lose the loneliness 
shaking the hearts 
of the two little monkeys 
Yes, but who watches 
the penny small faces 
can hear the voices 
"Ah do not leave me 
suck i will give you 
warmth and clasping 
and if you slip from 
this beam can never 
find you again 
Dim is the evening 
and chill is the weather 
there drawn from their coloured 
hemisphere 
the apes lilliputian 
with faces the size of 
a pair of pennies 
and voices as low as 
the flow of my blood.