Teaching Chimps To Speak a Few Words

Teach them just enough words to know
a pickaxe from a pencil…. just a few practical words
for practical applications, not too many,

otherwise they might turn into poets,
and god-knows we don’t need any more of that.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Conn Avatar
October 27, 2021 at 12:05 PM
If you're worried about monkey's, then you should be.
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November 15, 2021 at 7:10 AM
yes, and robots, their poetry is improving!
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