At the City Zoo

a bell would ring
when it was time for food
it was a depressing chime for 
for a gorilla named old grey who 
lost his teeth and had to take all his food 
ground up sweet goo
one day the bell rang for the last time
old grey reached up and struck it and put it a mile
gave him a smile but
shook a tree next to the pole and
frightened owl out of his dark-hole 
a gull found the bell on a beach
while on his quest for food
owl had a flawless idea to 
find the bell and use it to fill his sweet tooth 
 owl flew to a lake and caught a huge fish
just before dawn
owl then
called out a free food song
 gull heard and carried his new found treasure 
 the bell along
he dropped the bell at owl’s feet
and began to eat
 owl put the bell in a claw
and set out to look for crow
crow couldn’t
take his eyes off the bell
that glistened
in the morning sun
 owl told crow he was to land
on the old oak by a bend
a bit passed the donut shop
on highway 44
along the lake shore
watch the big trucks go in
watch for when they come out
then fly as you fly
across the lake
where
 the road is twisty and
turns are tight
fly through the truck window
grab one sweet cake
the bell is yours to take
 off went crow across the lake
not the sharpest stick in the pile
remembered the oak and donut shop
after he went a lightening 3 miles
thought he was in luck
when he saw a truck
creeping along the turns
 crow’s mind on
in and out
one sweet bun
go home and mount his bell
 in and out went smooth as silk
but the sweet bun looked like false teeth
and he had individually wrapped
balloons stuck to his feet
owl who-wooed and woo-who’d until
he almost fell off his perch
but owl was a good sport
and traded the bell for teeth and balloons
owl flew back to his home in the city zoo
dropped the teeth to old grey
who
shared with his new friend owl
 his sweet goo
old grey grabbed some tasty flowers and leaves
with the new teeth in his mouth
 smiled as he chewed
the next day two ladies sat on a park bench in
front of that zoo
one lady chuckled to the other
that the grey gorilla's smile reminded her of
a trucker she once knew

Copyright © Dc Bursey | Year Posted 2017

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