Animal Tree

Fishes and steel toes

Pencils and tough foes

All in the life of an animal tree

But like all trees

There's a catch in the branches

Sooth-sayers

Breath-haters

And a load of monkeys

Bring a knife and an axle

And choose your blade wisely

For a song is made of rubber

...and stubble

But so is Santa Clause

Eliminating every major cause

Four-thousand red balloons stand similar

Shoulder to shoulder

Through thick and butter

Full of clutter

Sighing on about shutters

Death be thy name

And thy shame

Together united, and blamed

...though no longer aimed

To be, or not to be

Missiles miss their targets

And indubitably their cousins

On the edge of Mexico

Or naked on the roof of a Texico

You are loco!

And easily framed

...in my kitchen, tamed

Like an owl

Never fit to lead

Only fixed to feed

And breed, surely

If selection allowed it

So go forth!

Be a bee

Get a job

And make money

'Cause we're all about profit