A Zoo Date

The seals were way too noisy; The snakes were fast asleep, The turtles kind of boring And the bison they could keep. The tiger was a hit and so Were rhinos and giraffes And riding on the carousel Made smiles turn into laughs. Flamingos caught attention And some other birds as well But crocodiles, unmoving, Though enormous, didn’t sell. The monkeys jumped too wildly; The deer did not impress, Yet lunch in the café we would Consider a success. A zoo date spent with Henry* On a gloomy afternoon, Though exhausting, makes me hope For more just like it, very soon. *my two-year old grandson