Two Monkeys by Brueghel - Poem by Wislawa Szymborska
I keep dreaming of my graduation exam: in a window sit two chained monkeys, beyond the window floats the sky, and the sea splashes.
I am taking an exam on the history of mankind: I stammer and flounder.
One monkey, eyes fixed upon me, listens ironically, the other seems to be dozing- and when silence follows a question, he prompts me with a soft jingling of the chain.