Human couples unable
\nto have a normal child
\nMight sometimes settle for
\na Chimpanzee
\nTaken from the wild
\nThese are unregulated
\njust a license thats was all
\nand so began a tragedy
\nThat really did appal<\/p>\n
Desperate to have some sort of baby Now so alone and lost in some detached house Though very young we played around we tumbled And then it happened one wet day It took a while and Who ever that women was, who saved me Written for my friend Petra Postma of Holland just a little story for you for 2012<\/a> A story of a monkey written especially for a friend Petra Postma who shared Monkey World and its wonders with me. Continue reading
\nin their care
\nAnd so they plump for a little
\nbaby monkey in which to share
\nIts I suppose because we resemble
\nbabies
\nHairier may be but the same size<\/a>
\nThat the couple in the beginning
\nthink its possible
\nTheir euphoria means they don’t realise
\nThey can lavish all the love
\nThey feel<\/a> they want to
\nBut this sweet soul was plucked out of
\nthe wild
\nIts primate family was in fact its everything
\nPerfect for the little primate child
\nIt will be emotionally damaged
\nBy this unnatural ordeal
\nOf course missing its mother
\nAnd every tasty meal<\/p>\n
\nLocked inside this very foreign place
\nFor what seems an eternity
\nRemembering its mother
\nThe sweet sensation of her caring face
\nShe held me close and cuddled me and kissed me
\nShe was warm and as tender as could be
\nMy foster parents whilst they are now trying
\nThey have the smell of humans constantly
\nShe wears this artifical scent so sickly
\nAnd he has a sour smell about him they
\nAre clearly very alien and surround themselves with artifacts
\nI fancy that in time I’ll fade away<\/p>\n
\nwe bumbled over vistas oh! so green
\nJungle life was wonderful<\/a> I loved it
\nThe trees incredibly tall, and some did lean
\nAgainst the winds and biting rain dancing to a wild refrain
\nI’d give my soul to get back again
\nTo get back where I had been
\nBut I realised it was not to be
\nI must make the best of my life and see
\nThey were not my kin but they served me well
\nTill I grew a bit and they then did sell
\nMe back to the pet shop and once again
\nThrust in a cage brought back that pain
\nI would mutter a lot and feel upset
\nI wouldn’t be anyone else’s pet<\/p>\n
\nA lady came and to me did say
\nI’m from Monkey World and I think you would
\nenjoy it there, it would be good
\nThey have big enclosures and lovely staff
\nMostly girls who all like to laugh
\nThey are caring thoughtful and it could be
\nAn ideal place for you to see
\nShe paid some money to the man
\nAnd drove me in a nice clean van
\nIt didn’t have that human smell
\nI sat and pondered, but I felt well<\/p>\n
\nsome quite strange sounds
\nBut eventually we were in the grounds
\nI heard some whispers I heard some song
\nGibbons and Chimps if I’m not wrong
\nThe place was big and hilly too
\nand green there were trees and a lovely view
\nThey had agreed to take me in
\nSo it seems for me it was win win
\nAll the monkeys there had been
\nRescued from circus, some were mean
\nsome had been tortured, several were there
\nfrom some laboratory unaware
\nOf what freedom felt,
\nbut we gradually
\nfound our hearts did melt
\nHaving come from a similar tragic space
\nwe were able to bond with a certain grace<\/p>\n
\nShe came from Holland young petra p
\nSo kind hearted and soft and sweet
\nWith wavy hair and was light<\/a> on her feet
\nShe carried me and I felt her heart
\nShe was warm and her eyes just did impart
\na long embrace, she so good to me
\nI was saved, for this place I did agree
\nWas a place where I could make some friends
\nJust imagine how that sends
\nones feelings into overdrive
\nFor at last it was good to be alive.<\/p>\n
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