CANUTE

“Nobody ever talks to me,”

says poor Canute Cucumber.

“Nobody takes a walk with me

or says I’m a cute Cucumber.

“What on God’s earth can one do?

One feels so terribly green;

Must one wait till one’s twenty–two

Before one is heard of or seen?

“Nobody ever talks to me,

I wonder is it my name?

Nobody takes a walk with me

Really, you know, it’s a shame!”