Riding a Rhinoceros

I would ride a rhinoceros for you ride it to Timbuctoo and bring you back all the golden sand of the desert in a bottle I would overcome an octopus for you dive it to deepest Atlantis gathering up pearls, sapphires, coral and rubies in a shell I would bridle the biggest eagle for you fly it to the cheese-green moon collecting shooting stars and sunbeams in a fine feather basket I would sing a silly song for you, or write a pretty poem, a nonsensical novel, a dictionary of brand new words to describe the lexicon of you Moving faster than Wonder Woman, I would go around the world in seventy-nine days saving a day just for you (bringing it home, wrapped in spices of the orient) I would - if you asked me to - stay up all night for a year, repainting the stars; leaving them in your room to dry, just to light up your dreams with silver. Kim James 7-Feb-2000