Porcupine TreeNine Cats

nIne cats
(wIlson/duffy, 1982) a butterfly sailed on the breeze
past a field of barbed wire trees
where golden dragons chased around
pampered poppies on the ground two silver trout sat way on high
and watched a royal samurai
plant two black orchids in a box
and strap it to a laughing fox a minstrel bought a crooked spoon
he gave it to a blue baboon
who filled it full of virgin snow
and wandered in the afterglow a toad stood in his ballet shoes
teaching sixteen kangaroos
how to skip across a lake
they found it hard to stay awake a pharaoh played a merry tune
and watched nine cats dance on the moon
I didn't know what all this meant
I didn't know why I was sent