Such inventiveness
\nAnd imagery
\nSuspicious and resourceful
\nThe chimpanzee
\nSo complex
\nProphetic and far sighted
\nThey stare beyond you
\nAnd those eyes
\nare like
\nlagoons From long ago attracting light
\nAnd shade so mindful
\nThat is when you realise<\/p>\n
In all of those long sixty years
\nSuch bafflement through expectation
\nEvery gesture in the book
\nPre supposing tantamount
\nUnmistakable interpretation
\nTeaching chimpanzee\u2019s to count
\nHalf expecting gibberish
\nAn initiate in every way
\nThey shrug their shoulders
\nWhose is teaching who?
\nAnd whose the student of the day
\nHistrionics and overacting
\nMagnify the joy you feel
\ntalking to the chimpanzee\u2019s
\nThe conversation it is real.<\/p>\n
Jane Goodall has been moved
\nFor certain
\nBy their phraseology
\nWhat is their command of language
\nSpirit and vivacity
\nActing up with
\nso much drama
\nThey are really light and day
\nTouch and twiddle
\nTheir precision
\nthey look at you
\nIn that age old way<\/p>\n
And you know you got through<\/p>\n
It\u2019s in their eyes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Such inventiveness And imagery Suspicious and resourceful The chimpanzee So complex Prophetic and far sighted They stare beyond you And those eyes are like lagoons From long ago attracting light And shade so mindful That is when you realise In … Continue reading