A monkey, a flagpole and Russia

This poem is written in Cascade form.

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the monkey climbed a flag pole
with a single tea bag held in its hand
exclaiming I can see Russia from here

with both feet tucked in its mouth
rising above the rabble far below
the monkey climbed a flag pole

about causes it chattered and screeched
in words most inarticulate and grand
with a single tea bag held  in its hand

at the top the monkey gazed in confusion
across a vast frozen land soon to disappear
exclaiming I can see Russia from here.

©2010, Donald Harbour