Ain'T Life Tedious? Poem by Denis Martindale

'I don't know about you, sunshine,
But I think it's getting worse...
There was a time I thought things fine,
But now it's like a curse...'

'Us meerkats, always running round...
And looking left and right,
And scared to death of every sound,
Nerves shattered day and night! '

'The kids don't care! It's all a game!
We get no sympathy!
The faces change, yet life's the same
And that's what's bugging me! '

'Variety's the spice of life!
That's what the humans say!
But all I see is pain and strife...
Constant running away! '

'Just look at these short legs I've got,
I was taller last year!
And why must it always be hot?
Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear! '

'The humans drink Pepsi and Coke!
I think we should complain!
God, this is a terrible joke! '
Then it poured down with rain...

copyright, Denis Martindale.

The poem is based on the magnificent
wildlife painting by Stephen Gayford.