Ima Ryma Poems

I flashed my flashlight on a tree
While taking a walk late one night.
A pair of red eyes glared at me.
Indeed it was a fearsome sight,
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The penguins and the polar bear,
Next door neighbors in time and place,
But not in the wild anywhere.
We do not share the arctic space,
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We have received some evidence
That maybe we are not alone,
That there is life in some presence
Somewhere in the outer space zone.
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Tiz sixteen tons of CO2
That ev'ry year I do emit.
The experts tell me that I do.
I really could ease up a bit.
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Pausing, Paatsy, the aardvark, is
A lady of the evening who
Is busy with nocturnal biz
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.
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Going to Mars has long been mused.
Humans have always had the itch
To explore, and some be enthused
To make a hike to Mars and hitch,
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The sound of music whales do make
In underwater unison,
As though intent to undertake
Communication one by one.
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Mondika and Djeke, the two
Young gorillas, go wrasslin' at
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,
Rollin' all 'round their habitat.
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The males of cichlid fish do build
Sand castles on lake bottoms so
Dreams of fine mates might be fulfilled,
Drawing in the females to show
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A night hawk is building a nest
Somewhere in the back of my brain,
And is causing me to lose rest.
A sign of me going insane?
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