A Gorilla Contemplates His Place In Life

A Gorilla Contemplates His Place in Life By Elton Camp Naught but a lowly monkey was me Till along came brother Charles D He said that it’s the fittest who survive I must be fit because I’m still alive From primordial soup we both arose But I’m naked and he wore clothes He needed money to get by To hold a job, I needn’t try Vegetation’s good enough for me A balanced diet was needed by he All sorts of laws he had to obey But I can act just about anyway I can pass my genes without a wife While Darwin had to endure strife A horrid future for me, none tell For when I die, I won’t to go hell I’m a close cousin of the human race Few of its tribulations I have to face I hope not to evolve any more To assume a life that I’d abhor