Apes Are Us And We Are They

We (As Humans) sometimes stake claim to things that are for everyone to share and enjoy. They (As "Animals") are sometimes over-looked as just that. We all have to remember that we too are the animal.

Apes are us 

and we are they 

perhaps we only commune

in a different way?

 

I've witnessed the human

play the beast

but the animal I still

dislike the least

The Simian, typically,

will protect and thrive 

whilst Homo-Sapien moans

about being alive 

The Monkey we'd shoot 

and brandish a liar  

and there are those 

we wouldn't piss on

if they were on fire....or perhaps that's just me?

They enjoy the food 

but not the captivity 

like us they're people 

unlike them we are the toxicity

However in my jungle 

concrete or turf 

Monkeys are irrefutably and always 

like us, children of earth.

 

Reviews

[Tony Jordan]

Munkie is the funniest word in the English language - go on say it out loud - 'Munkie' - and I bet you just laugh!
The whole of nature has something to teach us - though we think we know it all.
This is a magical piece about the symbiotic relationship we all have and the implied accompanying responsibilities that go with being head of the food chain.
Well written Skib.