At the Zoo

Roger Williams Park and zoo

Took my family to the zoo

Did I mention I hated zoos?

The animals in cages

the smells

People always staring at me

like I 'm the one who belongs in those cages

But my daughters had never been

And my sister highly recommended this particular one

She practically grew up in the park around it

So I sucked up my aggravation

and went to that dreaded place

But the end result was worth it all the way

Sophia's face as she looked at the penguins (her favorite animal)

Her eyes getting round and huge and the elephant came right up to her

Her squeals as the tigers roar rang throughout the park.

her Smile as the red panda seemed to look right at her 

Arianna almost two

we took her to the petting zoo area

her chubby hand reached out and petted the miniature donkey

her little face broke out into a smile

Did you know that donkey is the oldest creature there?

I saw that zoo through my daughters eyes

and realized ok maybe it isn't hell like I thought

I relaxed and enjoyed it.

Watched my daughters dance and laugh

Clap and play through the zoo

All those animals

Flamingos

otters

seals

(my favorite was the Giraffes and camels)

wolves

lions

tigers

Bears

(No I'm not doing that silly little line)

 

They were all new and exotic to them

They soaked them in with love and wonder

Daddy can we have a pet tiger?

Yup that's my little girl

loving the dangerous creatures

Arianna's refusal to leave

Sophia's plead to come back someday.

Maybe we will

That place wasn't as bad as I always thought.

Author's Note

The Zoo I went to with my family was Roger Williams park zoo In Providence Rhode Island. It has a zoo on the grounds but it has a shit load of other things, an area where concerts and weddings are, a baseball/softball field, a pond where swan boats are that you can paddle, a playground for kids, a museam, a jack-olantern spectacular that they have every October, and a shit ton of other things ( I think there is even a casino on the grounds) the zoo is one of the oldest zooz in the United States founded in 1872. it has 102-acre and I think there is more acres now. But that 102 is what it started out with.
Figured I'd give you people a history lesson. though if you want to know more..

https://rwpzoo.org/103/history-roger-williams-park-zoo

heres the website to Rogers Williams park and Zoo.

Reviews

[A Phoenyx in Flight]

I LOVED THAT ZOOO!! CAN WE GO BACK PLEASE DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hawk Flight]

Yes We can go again.

[A Phoenyx in Flight]

YYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

[MomzillaNC]

This is a really interesting and sweet little adventure. I'm not sure it's a poem though. Maybe a blog or a short story.