Extracts from "archy interviews a pharaoh"

yes i am sad
says the majestic mackerel
i am as sad
as the song
of a soudanese jackal
who is wailing for the blood red
moon he cannot reach and rip
.......

on what are you brooding
with such a wistful
wishfulness
there in the silences
confide in me
my imperial pretzel
says i
............

my little pest
says he
you must be respectful
in the presence
of a mighty desolation
little archy
forty centuries of thirst
look down upon you

i am as dry as the heart
of a sand storm
at high noon in hell
i have been lying here
and there
for four thousand years
with silicon in my esophagus
as gravel in my gizzard
thinking
thinking
thinking
of beer

By Don Marquis, in "archy and mehitabel," 1927.   
When you remember this was written during Prohibition in the US, the references to lack of drink become funnier.  Don Marquis said “Drinking used to be a mighty commonplace matter; but Prohibition has brought a smack of adventure into it that makes it really enjoyable.”