I Doubt That Apes Write Poetry Poem by M.J. McGuire

I Doubt That Apes Write Poetry



A musing monkey,
A beasty Shelley,

I doubt exists,
Except in chimp-ish minds.

Orangutan lyricists
(At best)
Write of the flea
Or swollen red behinds.

No, I doubt that apes write poetry.
For that would be like Keats,
Swinging from the vines.

(1987)

Thursday, August 1, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: poetry
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