Not So 'Happy Together' Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Not So 'Happy Together'



I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life

recorded by The Turtles

This is not an Aesop fable about the tortoise and the hare,
Nor it is not about 'Yertle the Turtle' by Dr. Seuss,
Darwin would be disappointed
Galapagos Islands, -they would never be the same,
The century+ couple they would not care.
What is good (sauce) for the goose......
(Let Republican presidential Romney explain that one)
Anyway, the 115 year old romance has been disjointed.
You ask 'why? '
You can't say they didn't try.
After an impressive 115 years together,
It was reported by media abroad, if I would dare say.
two giant turtles at an Austrian zoo are refusing to share their cage anymore,
the Austrian Times reported Friday.
Who would have 'thunk' what would be in store. 'We get the feeling they can't stand the sight of each other anymore, '
Let alone a kiss.
said Helga Happ, director of the Klagenfurt-based zoo, where the turtles, (the female's name is Bibi, and the male's name is Poldi,) have lived for the last 36 years. Before that, they called Basel Zoo home.
According to the paper,
zoo staff realized something was amiss
when Bibi bit off a chunk of her partner's shell
Poldi must've said 'WTF? ' or at least 'What the hell? '
When the attacks
continued, Poldi was moved to another cage.
It could lead someone to tears

Not evens humans, named after the species, with all their singing-
Could be bring them together
Animal experts even attempted couples' counseling -
feeding the turtles aphrodisiacs
and encouraging them to play games together.
But so far, efforts have failed to bring the shelled lovers back together.
But never say never.
That's it in a nut-shell.
6/11/12


http: //www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/turtle-divorce_n_1581463.html? ref=mostpopular
http: //www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/cherish/happytogether.htm
http: //politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/23/romney-on-ad-sauce-for-the-goose-now-sauce-for-the-gander

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Hamtramck, Michigan
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