Ima Ryma Poems

Once our mating is complete,
The mister takes off rather fast.
Guess he does fear he I would eat.
I focus - motherhood now cast.
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It's been a winter cold and long,
At home in the Lincoln Park Zoo.
I feel the urge to sing a song,
To sing it out loud, yes I do
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I am Piye, a Kushite king,
The first Black Pharoah on the throne.
Doing great temples was my thing.
Of course I did one of my own,
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During the U.S. Civil War,
Southerner Henry Wirz did run
Prison, 'Andersonville' of lore
Where mass atrocities were done.
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The Sargasso Sea, 'twixt and 'tween
North America and Europe,
Part of Atlantic Ocean scene.
There I was born, the choice came up.
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Patagonian cavies - two,
Mr. and Mrs. couplesome,
At home in the Lincoln Park Zoo.
From Argentina, we do come.
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'Bully pulpit' - the term was coined
By the Prez Teddy Roosevelt.
Power and persuasion joined.
Superb or 'bully' Teddy felt,
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Malaysian Flight 370,
'All right. Good night, ' the last words said,
And disappeared the plane then be,
Hundreds on board all feared be dead.
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As a skunk, I'm bummed to find out
Some human dude thinks that my scent
Is rose petalled - what's that about?
Not a smell I want to present
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The black rhino does not see well.
That is why we are dangerous.
We see something, but cannot tell,
And so we charge to protect us.
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