Don't Slip On The Peel

The head monkey at Paris puts on a traveler's cap, and all the monkeys in America do the same. - Thoreau

on my best behavior

in my finest silk suit

i'm still a hairy monkey

searching for a banana

wearing a bandana

in need of a saviour

what's all the fuss?

i'm just trying to walk erect and board a magic bus

as i pound my chest and scratch my armpits

trying hard not to cuss

living and surviving thus

Author's Note

"The savage in man is never quite eradicated. And every fool will mind it." - Thoreau