Short Ape Man Poems

Near the park, I screamed at a big chap—
“Do not pee by the roadside, ape-man!”
oh, because I seen fright,
I peed on a shrub a night.
The shrub —JESUS! —was a drunk man....

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When Tarzan swung home
To his house in a tree,             
His nerves were all shot;
He was tense as could be.
                                                     
His little wife wondered,
"What's eating you, dear?"
The ape-man said, "Jane,
It's a jungle out there!"...

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Give me back my pie little monkey said the ape man.
I wish I could said the pygmy marmoset, waving a fan.
You can! Said the ape man. And I want it done now.
You don’t have to have a fit, said marmoset. Don’t have a cow!

But it is my pie, I baked it this morning the ape man said.
It is full of juicy cherries, all sweetened and red.
If you don’t give it back, I shall beat you on the head.
Marmoset stuck out his tongue and ran off with it instead....

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