Ima Ryma Poems

Farewell Senator John McCain.
You served the nation long and well,
A hero who endured the pain
From many years in Hanoi hell.
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This little piggy keeps an eye,
At Lincoln Park Farm in the Zoo,
On the keeper who is nearby.
Wonder what the keeper's up to!
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What the colobus monkeys do
When there shows up a pile of ice,
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,
Is set their senses on precise.
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Tiz a corn on the cob to do,
And the chickens do peck away,
At Lincoln Park Farm in the Zoo.
And recording the snack display -
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Cinereous vulture, Linda, is
Looking for something good to eat,
And spies a pile of ice, gee whiz!
Wherein there is lots of chilled meat.
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A furry ball of cute, I do
See a keeper who's watching me
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
So this dwarf mongoose posingly,
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On World Snake Day the snakes bid you,
All humans, have a learning day.
These snakes be from Lincoln Park Zoo,
As ambassadors on display.
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Slater, the seal, decides to do
A special "Howdy" to those at
Slater's home in Lincoln Park Zoo,
Visiting the seal habitat.
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Twenty twenty, July fifteen,
This day is World Chimpanzee Day.
From Lincoln Park Zoo can be seen
Chimp efforts in many a way.
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Cinereous vulture, Grimm, does turn
Twenty one years of age today,
A special time in his sojourn
For well wishers to say hooray.
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