Mommy, Uncle Turned Out Okay
Mommy, Uncle Turned Out Okay
Mommy, uncle took me to the zoo today
We tried holding hands but I ran away
My little legs ran around the elephants
Turning a deaf ear to uncle's yells and rants
Did you know his face's funny when he yells
All afternoon he kept ringing my bell
Ding dong, ding dong, come back here
Guess what, mommy, I hid and disappeared
My little legs found a bush by the lions
And I could see uncle searching and crying
Big buckets of water rained from his face
Mommy, uncle's eyes bulged as he gave chase
Mommy it was so funny to see uncle, red
That passerby's looked me on with dread
Then two wardens appeared out of nowhere
Taking me away from uncle's blank stare
I raised three fingers when asked my age
Then I pointed to my uncle drenched in rage
They kept a straight face and wanted to laugh
I then ran over to uncle like a young baby giraffe
Uncle, my cousin's been a bad influence on me
My eyes pointing to the monkeys in the tree
A rare chuckle slipped through my uncle's lip
A first of many on the remainder of our trip
connie pachecho
7/19/17
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