The Web Poetry Corner - Doug Larson - Disorderly Zoo
Disorderly Zoo
by
Doug Larson
My disorderly zoo’s a miraculous place
The lions dressed up in black leather and lace
with paranoid penguins, bipolar bears
and meat eating plants to catch me unawares
Autistic anoas and klepto kiwis
and hives full of people
with rooms full of bees
Maniacal meerkats (I like them the best)
tigers with Tourette’s
my temper to test
Chimp and chime , I squander my time
straining my eyes to see
Perusing all the curious sights
staring back through these bars at me