a young boy once
a young boy once lived in a zoo
round him such a hullabaloo
to earn his full daily keep
he looked after all the sheep
shovelling up their mounds of poo
to change his one job he pestered
and with the truth he so twisted
then he looked after the goats
their smell was beyond a joke
regrets the story invented
now caring for baby camel
but was way too much to handle
on him they dribbled and spat
the next day he wore a hat
but still was too hard to handle
then he looked after the rabbits
but they had many bad habits
from him they would hop away
and would never stay and play
they treated him like a bandit
then he tried with the quacking ducks
here he had so much better luck
giving them bread by the pound
they would follow him around
now with small nests they would get stuck
Copyright © Markus Jay | Year Posted 2025
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