King Kong Thinks About Things Poem by Raj Arumugam

Says King Kong to Ann Darrow
the blonde who screams like no other:
Mmmm we got to talk

What? says Ann Darrow

about practicalities real things
things that matter says King Kong
Like a pre-nuptial contract you mean?

No, says King Kong
I mean like real things
things we have
things that make me male,
things that make you woman

OK, we can have a shared bank account,
says Ann Darrow

King Kong can feel it in his marrow
he’s got to be clear and narrow:
Look, Ann
I can’t be too explicit;
my upbringing at Devil’s Island
is high on modesty; still
I think things can be too big
and some too small,
if you know what I mean

OK, says Ann Darrow
we’ll live in Colorado;
build me a small shed in the deserts
and you can have the wide open plains

Oh, Monkey God!
says King Kong
Are you a dumb blonde or what?
I mean, Ann Darrow
Oh, never mind

Ah, ah says Ann Darrow
Never hide things, King Kong
You always must bring them out
into the open!

Oh, Ann Darrow;
You speak more truth than you know
It’s I who have things in the open
and it’s you who hide them!

I love you, says Ann Marrow
with a shrug
and gives King Kong a hug

I love you too, says King Kong
wondering how he’ll ever get through