O hark, what is that fearsome sound
That wakes me in the night?
O hark, what is that awful pain
That nibbles out of sight?
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Ethics Took My Big Toe
O hark, what is that fearsome sound
That wakes me in the night?
O hark, what is that awful pain
That nibbles out of sight?
A Badger, Badger, black and white
Where have you scurried from?
So bold to enter in my tent
And take what not belongs.
Prepare your face, for I will kick
Some sense into it too.
How dare you try to take my toe
This night you'll surely rue.
But just as I did lunge my foot
My reason cleared its throat
And threw me back into my past
With argument to quote:
'See here, you're wrong, in every way
Our conduct ought to be
That any action plucked from time
Can work universally.'
And then I thought of my dear toe
Vs. kicking in the face
And wondered if the food for one
Exceeds my toe-shaped space.
But the time it took for me to think
And choose which way to go
The Badger bold, with fervid teeth,
Ran off with my big toe.