from A Coney Island of the Mind

Don't let that horse

eat that violin

cried Chagall's mother

But he

kept right on

painting

And became famous

And kept on painting

The Horse With Violin in Mouth

And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse
and rode way
waving the violin

And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across

And there were no strings
attached

~Lawrence Ferlinghetti