AT THE ZOO
          the monkey
          takes and examines
          returns it

            giraffe
            trying to stretch
            her neck

              elephant
              waves to the children
              mahout kicks

                orangutan
                peering from the shadows
                new tire swing

                  smelling
                  of hay and Ron Rico
                  the zookeeper

                    zebras
                    refusing to change
                    their stripes

                      antelopes
                      saying grace over
                      morning hay

                        unseen pigeons
                        cooing manifestos
                        sneak attack

                          midnight spin
                          exercise wheel and my
                          wired hamster
          
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