This morn lazing in the winter sun He said for us living is no fun On the weather beaten roof His voice was ominously aloof!
Here I’m your unwelcome guest A nuisance to you your garden’s pest But one if not for the irony of fate Would be today your equal primate!
He spoke uneasy on the rough concrete My home is gone I have no retreat God there played out to a devilish plan Lifting one up from the other of his clan!
He paused mournful in contemplative lull If only I could have been your equal Would not have come begging on your door Held captive in cage suffer agonies galore!
He curled his lips showing yellowed tooth If I’m frank and tell you a bare truth Right now I feel like slapping your face To remind it’s for you I made no progress!
Past his bushy brows I saw mirrored in his eyes A reflection of me clothed in human guise The one looking at other both ruing their fate For being down the rung being the superior primate!