The monkey's viewpoint ... Thx Sarah R!

poem

 

 

The Monkey's Viewpoint

 

Three monkeys sat in a coconut tree

Discussing things as they're said to be.

Said one to the others, "Now, listen, you two

There's a certain rumor that can't be true.

That man descended from our noble race.

The very idea is a disgrace.

 

No monk ever deserted his wife

Starved his babies and ruined his life.

And you've never known a mother monk

To leave her babies with others to bunk.

Or pass them on from one to another

Till they scarcely know who is their mother.

And another thing you'll never see

A monk build a fence 'round a  coconut tree

And let the coconuts go to waste

Forbidding other monks to taste.

Why if I'd put a fence around the tree

Starvation would force you to steal from me.

Here's another thing a monk won't do.

Go out at night and get on a stew,

Or use a gun or club or knife

To take some other monkey's life.

Yes, man descended, the ornery cuss

But, brothers, he didn't descend from us."