Zulu was a zebra who loved zapping on his zither <br />Roger the rhinoceros rattled his rattler with raucous rigour <br />Leo a leonine lion loved to languorously play his lute <br />And Flavia the flaming flamingo fluttered flirtatiously on her flute <br /> <br />These beasts were boldly bashing and belligerently banging <br />Cavorting capriciously, in clamorous chorus they were clanging <br />Deafening decibels were with deliberation being delivered <br />Surrounding shiny, shimmering shrubs shuddered, shook and shivered <br /> <br />Bella the blindingly bewitching butterfly blithely blew on her bassoon <br />Thomas the odd toed tapir tooted a lively tune on his tromboon <br />Ella Elephant elegantly and efficiently whirled her trunk <br />And Placido the playful Platypus played a Pulalu with a pleasant plunk <br /> <br />Suddenly the strident symphony was silenced in a second <br />Bob the boa constrictor drew forth his baton as a weapon <br />Then through the still night air floated a pure sweet sound <br />Meerkat Molly mellifluously, melodiously and mellowly from her mound <br /> <br />Sang sorrowfully and sadly of a tale from a time long past <br />Of a meerkat who met a meerkat, but their love it didn’t last <br />The members of the orchestra listened and they wept <br />But then they cranked it up again and started off from whence they’d left <br /> <br /> (Sydney, Australia - 2009)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/jiving-in-the-jungle-humour/
