Ima Ryma Poems

The child was born into a land
At the wrong time and the wrong place.
The child too young to understand
The evil in the human race.
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A monkey on one's back is deemed
To be a burden to be borne
By a sad soul who never dreamed
Of one stuck in pity or scorn.
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When I was old enough to go,
I went to Grandma's house alone.
She said that she would feed me so,
I needed more flesh on my bone.
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Sibling rivalry is at play,
As sister lions like to do.
One wants to know and one won't say,
At home in the Lincoln Park Zoo.
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An ornate box turtle am I,
Just hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
On my egg tooth I did rely
To crawl through egg shell and come through.
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I am Minnie, the fennec fox.
The keepers keep schedules to do.
I know when it's time and I talks
To keepers at Lincoln Park Zoo.
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A sloth that's relatively new,
I'm getting the hang of the place
With Mom at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
So get accustomed to my face.
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Queen Elizabeth the Second
Now has most seconds on the throne.
Math can be done if so beckoned,
1952 to now zone.
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I am the dolphin called Pinky,
Seen down Louisiana way.
Humans say albino I be,
So blood vessels show on display,
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Mr. and Mrs. Dwarf Mongoose,
Living in the Lincoln Park Zoo,
With family we have let loose.
So many children - what to do!
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