Life is a cynical, romantic pig ...
Life is a cynical, romantic pig;
Life is a jackass on a slender twig;
Life is an elephant upon a fig;
Life is a lobster with a yellow wig.
—Philosophy of Hoolyu Li Awn.
From a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. February 1930; titled with the first line in COLLECTED POETRY
Life is a cynical, romantic pig;
Life is a jackass on a slender twig;
Life is an elephant upon a fig;
Life is a lobster with a yellow wig.
—Philosophy of Hoolyu Li Awn.