belly of the beast

the lion has grey hair long ears and brays
the tiger's skin is stretched out on the floor
the fluffy wolf it seems had better days

the wit that calls the plainest songs all lays
makes out of little what could not be more
the lion has grey hair long ears and brays

though at this time the concentration strays
to thoughts of all those animals of yore
the fluffy wolf it seems had better days

upon its wheel the deadly hamster plays
dreaming all day of the dark taste of gore
the lion has grey hair long ears and brays

the vampire rabbit has its little ways
to feast on all the life force that we store
the fluffy wolf it seems had better days

the mouse has broken now out of the maze
far angrier than it ever was before
the lion has grey hair long ears and brays
the fluffy wolf it seems has better days