Writing

OK...I wrote this about my friend Adrian whom I had nicknamed "Monkey." We were best friends when I worked at a bank. (way back when) It's one poem I found that wasn't too racy for this forum. Pardon the bad grammar and jumping in and out of tenses....I've never showed this to anyone. Be kind!

"ADRIAN - Ode to a Monkey."

His furry little bottom
His little raisin eyes
His flea-infested groin
and his little pea-stained thighs...

Oh! See him comb his tail
His fingers deft and quick
He picks and combs, picks and combs
He picks and picks and picks...

<chorus>
Grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Yeah...that's my monkey.

He pops of a belly-plate
with his opposable thumb
The blue of those ape-like eyes
match the blue of his bum...

The kiddies at the zoo
look thru' the bars and stare
My monkey fiddles with his groin
I sit and fiddle with his hair...

<chorus>
Grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Yeah...that's my monkey.

His dry and calloused knuckles
scrape across the ground
His silver back reflects the light
of the moon above the termite mound...

Oh! My monkey shackled in the Lab
There's electrodes in his brain
causing him to spit and jerk
and pull against his chain...

<chorus>
Grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Yeah...that's my monkey.

He's swinging thru' the jungle
He's swinging vine to vine
He's beating his chest again
Let's see what he can find!

Oh! There's a little chimp!
She's sucking on a rind
So he whacked her on the back
of her head and took her from behind!

<chorus>
grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
grains of salt, lice and ticks
milling 'round his naughty bits
Yeah...that's my monkey.

Oh, yeah...that's my monkey
(now he's smelling pretty funky)
I don't think I've ever smelt
a more rancid, dirty monkey pelt!

Now I'm sewing up a coat
made out of monkey skin...
so let me crouch and peel you
from your butt up to your chin!

Oh! Don't try and move
(it'll make you wince a bit)
and God forbid you're still alive
if the damned thing doesn't fit!

Fin.

Copyright Stephanie KJ

Re: ADRIAN - Ode to a Monkey

That brought a chuckle. I'm in awe of people who can write poetry like that. I wish I could do it but I've never been able to so I just try to memorize my favorites.

One thing I thought of (if you don't mind): you could rhyme "pelt" with "smelt" instead of "smelled". Feel free to tell me where to stick my advice if that's being too cheeky.