Petting Zoo

This is a true story.

Petting Zoo

 

  Everything I know about love I learned from a petting zoo.

 When I was two years old or so, my Mama (bless her heart) took

 me to a local mall just outside of Pittsburg, PA. The visiting animal folks

 set up a large play pen in the middle of the mall and dumped a menagerie

of critters into it. They had a piggie, rabbits, a large tortoise, some goats

 and a baby kangaroo all crammed in together. Then parents

let their toddlers wander in alone. Now I was an adventurous kid,

 so I armed myself with fifty cents worth of pellet food and a smile

and marched right in. Everything was going pretty well until I spotted

 that baby kangaroo  in the corner of the pen. I must have assumed

that he was a fuzzy, feisty child  because he was about my height.  I chased

 that poor creature around that pen for a good ten minutes. When I finally

 embraced him--he turned on me  and started rabbit punching

 me in the gut.  BUT I wouldn’t let go-

  All the while my mother was yelling from the side lines,

  “If you keep trying to hug him "he’s going to keep punching you!”

  To which I responded, “ I love YOU! Funny guy- I LOVE YOU- give hug…”

 After they pulled that little beast off of my bloody, mangled body "

                        I continued screaming , “I still like youuu. Friend!”

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Morrigan Nicole]

Ahhh, you gotta love animals, and chlidren...

[Brittany]

Great balance of humor and truth. Sometimes the person keeps punching us in the gut and we aren't smart enough to let go. Very, very well done.

[Dream Hunter]

:) great poem! it's all so real, but it's got a funny streak in it too. anyways GOOD JOB i liked it! :D

[Bare trees]

Hahahahaha, that was hilarious. A very funny read that made my night. Great writing.