Closer Look - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

A spectacled caiman, I do
Sometimes see fit to leave my pond
Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,
And go out to see what's beyond.
Out of the water I do crawl
Onto a rock and then I climb
To better see the scen'ry all
I see from my pond all the time.
I find myself looking down where
I see my pond beckoning me,
And know I like it better there.
My pond is where I'd rather be.

I've seen all I need see and so
Back down into my pond I go.