A Birthday at the Zoo

My kids played with the kangaroos.

The big black bear slept.

It rained at the zoo,

and made everything wet.

The lemurs crawled

on my girls’ heads.

The soaked llama’s hair

looked like it had dreads.

The kookaburra laughed

at Opa’s jokes.

My grandchildren gave

the tortoise strokes.

The possum walked

across the rope.

I drew a sketch

of the antelope.

The parrot talked,

she said, “Hello.”

The lion roared

a loud bellow.

The velociraptor

stood stone still.

The alligator went

under water to chill.

The path was deep

beneath a puddle.

My husband carried

me across the muddle.

Somehow it rained

in the bright shining sun.

It didn’t matter to us.

My family had fun.

by:  Paula D. Nevison