Don't let that horse
                    eat that violin

cried Chagall's mother

                       But he
          kept right on
                       painting  

And became famous

And kept on painting
                    The Horse With Violin In Mouth

And when he finally finished it
he jumped up upon the horse
                           and rode away
       waving the violin

And then with a low bow gave it
to the first naked nude he ran across


And there were no strings
                          attached

--Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Number 14, A Coney Island of teh Mind