A VISIT TO THE ZOO

Jackson was but half of two
When we took him to the zoo.
Though I'll say up front
There was no elephant,
'Twas a good thing to do.

For a kid needs his dad,
His grandma and granddad.
And this is the reason
For the zoo in this season
We were glad.

We have no videotape.
The chimp is an ape,
A cousin of man,
And likewise the orangutan.
But Jackson was not agape.

But this much I can say:
He relished seeing kids at play,
And when he's a little older,
If the weather isn't colder,
We'll be back again someday.

To me it was amazing
That on grass the giraffe was grazing
Since it is so tall,
That prairie dogs are so small,
And tapirs so much air displacing.


(On 30 April 2008 Eric, Helen, and I took Baby Jack to the Madison, WI zoo.)