Into the Lions' Den

A visitor to the Bronx Zoo
Did something she wanted to do,
Which was climb in the space
Where the lions do pace – 
Why she did so I haven’t a clue.

One lion got up and he stared;
For a visit, he wasn’t prepared.
The woman then danced
While the lion advanced
Just a bit, but she didn’t look scared.

The incident, drawing much flack,
Didn’t end in a lion attack,
For this visiting meat
In the end, did retreat,
Thus depriving the cat of a snack.

All was naturally filmed on a phone
And the footage to all has been shown.
Still, her hopping the fence,
Though with no consequence,
Is an act that the zoo can’t condone.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019


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Date: 10/8/2019 7:13:00 PM
You make the news so enjoyable to read ilene. I saw this on the news. Could have been just awful. Maybe she has the Ellie Clampet gene, like you have the rhyming gene. :)
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Date: 10/2/2019 4:54:00 PM
Well caught and composed! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 10/2/2019 3:44:00 PM
Oh gosh what an absolute idiot! They were lucky to come out unscathed... but had they died that too would have made a gruesome phone video to act as a warning! :-) Hugs Jan xx
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Date: 10/2/2019 3:42:00 PM
I saw this on the news this morning, that was someone who didn't have much going upstairs, that's for sure. Though I know a poet who does and I just read her poem about a girl and a lion. Nicely done Ilene :)
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