A Bit of a Monkey
My Mum always told me I was a bit of a monkey; little did she know.
We think that we’re so clever that we’re not even animals. We have been made by some divine hand from scratch.
But I know I’m an overgrown ape. I have all the DNA to prove it and no sign of an oversize finger-print.
I’m a bit of a Monkey
We’re all bits of monkeys – monkeys that evolved into apes.
We’re the apes with the big brains and mean disposition,
The intelligence and altruism.
We’re the consciousness perfectors and tax inspectors,
The apes that went to the moon.
We think we’re so clever, and we know it
Preening the remains of our hair,
Just to show it,
And prancing like an overgrown loon.
I like melon and I like grape
I’m happy to be an ape.
Opher 15.8.2015
Ha!! nice and succinct. My father is alleged to have exclaimed ‘He looks just like a little monkey’ on seeing my younger brother when he was first-born. I don’t his remark went down well with my Mum 🙂
Cheers Ian. My dad used to chase my kids around shouting ‘I’m gonna cut off your tails’. They’d squeal and run away. They loved it.