[Just once in a while, I try to write a child friendly
Poem which doesn’t end up as a horrific gore-fest...
This is one such attempt...]
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There’s a tiger in my trifle, there’s a seahorse in the queue
Not sure about a café with a coypu in the stew
The polar bear just over there is chasing a gnu
Six penguins just got flattened by a manic kangaroo
The keeper’s got a net, he says I’ll catch the pelican
Can he catch the pelican? No-one knows how well he can
A chimpanzee is wearing clothes and strutting like a man
He’s blowing noisy kisses to the old orang-utan
The seals are in the pond causing lots of fuss and dramas
A strange turn of events because they’re eating the piranhas
The gorilla who would often spend all day eating bananas
Is making Tarzan noises as he tries to ride the llamas
The rhino’s gone out through the gate, he just got on a bus
He couldn’t pay the fare... the driver didn’t make a fuss
Police are running here and there, they don't know what to do
That's what happens when they have an earthquake at the zoo