NOT P but SZymborska

[Markekohut]

You might want to look up the painting but it isn't necessary. 

BREUGHEL'S TWO MONKEYS

This is what I see in my dreams about final exams:
two monkeys, chained to the floor, sit on the windowsill,
the sky behind them flutters, 
the sea is taking its bath.

The exam is History of Mankind.
I stammer and hedge.

One monkey stares and listens with mocking disdain,
the other seems to be dreaming away---
but when it's clear I don't know what to say
he prompts me with a gentle 
clinking of his chain. 

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