Body Language - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

I am a male gorilla who
From time to time may beat my chest
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,
Openhandedly to suggest
That my body fitness and size
Is made known for others to score,
Giving them info to surmise
My advantage in love or war.
All those within hearing or sight
Can get a better sense of me
As one for loving or for fight.
Signals sent, chest beating does be.

I use the body language way,
Getting it off my chest to say.