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My day at the zoo (Poem) 😅

So, I'll be publishing some of my old writing here over time!  Here's the first one!  

Lah-de-dah, boring title..  

(BTW, CAA is the Canadian Auto Association.)

It started with a discount for members of CAA, 

meaning we only had five dollars each that day to pay.

It was humid and cool on that overcast morn,

Thick swathes of clouds made the atmosphere forlorn.

The weather show said rain was sure to follow,

suggesting that we postpone all events for tomorrow.

"Not while five dollars a head is at stake!", my mother spake,

waking us at daybreak, despite every ache we tried to fake.

Then we jumped in the van quite sprightly,

some of us still limping slightly, afraid of being woken nightly.

We children arrived at the zoo somewhat sore,

for she had told dad to hit the floor, then she kicked us out the door.

We hopped on the tram before she could scram,

for that would've been illegal.

But then off we go, well wouldn't you know,

we met a bunch of eagles.

Then we met some monkeys who took our keys,

We slipped in some grease and hoped we'd make it out in one piece.

We passed the reindeer, with mom pinching dad's ear,

for fear that he'd eat them for dinner.

People may think it queer, perhaps even jeer,

but dad thinks deer meat is a winner.

We saw a fox that looked like it had been stuffed in a box,

and a wolf-whistling cockatoo.

We met an elephant that had stepped on an ant,

and a giraffe playing a kazoo.

We saw some chickens that looked like Dickens,

then we went to take a break.

We viewed the meerkats on the mud flats,

we needed some garters so we took a garter snake.

We did it humanely and really quite plainly,

though mainly quite insanely. 

At the end of the day, we were allowed to play,

and then we finally went on our way!

Yes, I loved being homeschooled!  My mother let us do stuff like that for our schooling!  😉