Master Pilipili - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

Pilipili is my new name,
Swahili for pepper I'm told.
And it's official I can claim
To be a male, now two months old.
This lion cub is happy that
Humans have done these info chores.
Next comes the outside habitat
To see me live and hear my roars.
But Mom says patient I must be.
A pepper needs to ripen so
Mom is still busy raising me.
I still have ripening to go.

Yes, I'm a Pilipili who
Is hot for the Lincoln Park Zoo.