The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Hear the beating.
Hear the roar.
Tonight, a meeting.
What ever for?

Have a drink.
Have some more.
Wander home.
Begin to Rome.

Right behind you.
Wonder why.
A billy goat
Then starts to cry.

An elephant
And monkey too.
Which soul doctor
Prescribed for you.

Walk, don't run
From such distress.
Call your wife
And make her guess.

She says, "Johnny,
Hurry home.
I found your cufflinks
With a panther bone."

"Coming, darling,
To tuck you in
And polish off
That Cheshire grin.

The jungle's calling,
The line is dead.
A tiger's moll
Awaits in bed.

12/23/25
ZONE S3E12