Gentle Ape Ft Worth Zoo 1980

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copyright 1980-94 ron wilson.aka Vee Bdosa the Doylestown Poet ... This poem is now Public Domain, please pass it along.
in honor of THE THINKER, a massive, wonderful gorilla who greeted the public as first entering the Fort Worth, Terxas zoo for years, behind a thick protective glass. If still alive, he would now be over 38 years old. God bless.

One of my most unforgettable events in life was first looking in his wonisderful, deep, inquiring eyes. I will never forget it.

I have put this poem, a Shakespearean Sonnet form, into the Public Domain. Please pass it along.

"The Thinker - FORT WORTH ZOO July 1980" What's on your mind? You scratch your head and stare, as if perhaps you've known me all along; and in your eyes, yes, I can see it there, a silent thought, that something must be wrong-- behind your glass--spotlighted for the world to have and hold, a precious memory of you; your eyes so deep, your fingers curled, and in your face, the look we never see. Oh gentle ape! If we could reach your mind! Perhaps the wrong that's grown with you in age won't mean so much--but you will never find a tropic breeze, there in your Texas cage! I've seen. I've left. And felt a little shame because your eyes are always just the same. copyright 1980-94 ron wilson.aka Vee Bdosa the Doylestown Poet in honor of THE THINKER, a massive, wonderful gorilla who greeted the public as first entering the Fort Worth, Terxas zoo for years, behind a thick protective glass. If still alive, he would now be over 38 years old. God bless.

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