Not everyone could bear the stinks
Or put up with the loads of poo
You get when living with a lynx
The way you do
Perhaps a baby crocodile
Or alligator I don't know
Would be the thing to make you smile
You'd help him grow
A polar bear may be too much
And needs an awful lot of ice
You cannot keep him in a hutch
He'd say not nice
A cougar keeps some folk away
But only eats a few I bet
And only then in sense of play
So don't regret
Or how about the little punk
Jet black except where he is white
I think they call that one a skunk
Are they alright?
The coatimundi's smiling face
Belies a rascal hid within
He's often seen around the place
He's up to sin
A serval next we chance to see
A lovely spotty feline friend
I wonder if she'd do for me
I shall pretend
A sloth is hanging upside down
He doesn't run around a lot
A coat of rather greenish brown
Is what he's got
The ferrets seem to be in charge
They run about and look for fun
You never know who'll be at large
When day is done
A kinkajou a load of snakes
A fennec fox with rabbit's ears
I wonder if you've made mistakes
Across the years
And mated wallabies with rats
Then never caught the young they made
Or got an unknown breed of cat
When others played
I can't believe that Paloszoo
Can live with all this lot around
But they it seems are part of you
The life you've found!
Author notes
Paloszoo is an AP poet and writer and keeper of an amazing zoo.
A contest entry
- Calling all Favs of Paloszoo (contest) by Paloszoo.
700 points, ended December 7, 2008, 24 entries
Bronze trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me honestly what you think, good or bad.
Comments
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Congrads for the trophy!, I think you did a great job and you made it a dedication. Bravo!
Love,
Amera♥
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I love this! It seems as though you've been sneaking around my zoo and checking things out. Wallabies + rats? There are such things as pouched rats!!! Thank you so much for your creative and fun entry. I really got a good chuckle out of it. Your entry means a lot!
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As you drift through Nash, Milne, and Pam Ayres, you always seem to touch down in... well... Greenland!
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great job as always
and for a poet of an amazing zoo.
best wishes in the contest
Love
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