listening to a folk song

fabulists tell their stories roundabout
nothing is quite as it appears or seems
the cat inside the bag is not let out

what happened to the spider down the spout
is not quite what the recounter deems
fabulists tell their stories roundabout

shock-headed peter that germanic lout
is caught within the story's laboured dreams
the cat inside the bag is not let out

the way anansi secured tiger's rout
is not illuminated by sunbeams
fabulists tell their stories roundabout

jack who won it all from one bean sprout
is just the upside of the hidden memes
the cat inside the bag is not let out

our hero whether he be thin or stout
will find the poisons hidden in the creams
fabulists tell their stories roundabout
the cat inside the bag is not let out