Tongue To Tell - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

The Virgin Islands boa be
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo
Sticking her tongue out so that she
Can get a sense of what is new.
She likes to hang out in the trees,
Looping upon the limbs so that
She is able to sense with ease
Goings on in her habitat.
When she senses a keeper near
Her curiosity turns on.
What's now going to happen here? -
A check it out phenomenon.

She's hopeful that her tongue will tell
That food's coming - that would be swell.