Ima Ryma Poems

Newborn at the Lincoln Park Zoo,
First Japan macaque snow monkey,
I am a boy, I am Obu,
The name you humans voted me.
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The Scythians, a people fierce,
Did leave behind massive grave mounds
Called kurgans which we moderns pierce.
In gold the old tell tale abounds.
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When I was young, my tail was bit.
Some said that I should get a weave.
My given name - they misspelled it.
But through it all I did believe
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I'm walking on the ocean floor.
Lots of bad could happen to me.
So to get some protection more,
I looked for something that could be
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Jenner, the used to be Bruce one,
Is cover for Vanity Fair,
Showing changing work that's done.
The old, the new - gives pause for stare.
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I see them coming down the trail,
And feel a sense instinctively
That I should quickly just turn tail,
Cuz tiz trouble coming to me.
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We European storks did bring
A babe to the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Bringing the egg - another thing,
Sent here for the hatching to do.
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Tiz the life that poets muse 'bout,
Another time, another place,
The shepherding the flock - no doubt,
A world away from the rat race.
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Grow shoulder length reddish brown hair.
Pull the hair back in a firm yank.
Gives the forehead a noble air.
Bag the ponytail to bob frank.
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As a Mom, just somehow I know
That mothering is done for you,
That it is time for you to go,
And live like grown up rhinos do.
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