A Gorilla And Child Poem by Donal Mahoney

A Gorilla And Child



Magnificent animal Harambe,
the Silverback gorilla killed at the zoo.

Lovely child, the three-year-old who
jumped in Harambe's den.

The mother took her son to the zoo
and the child behaved like a child.

Harambe showed great restraint
and didn't do what a gorilla could.

He was curious, kind and patient
until the screaming spooked him.

Then he dragged the child like a doll
through the water up to a wall.

Today Harambe, not the child,
would still be alive if the mother had

taken the child in utero to
Planned Parenthood and not the zoo.

Sunday, June 12, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: animal,child,zoo
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