Tuesday, June 29, 2010

In the Heart of the Forest, by Michael Magee, Western Wildlands

In the heart of the forest where the wisest trees grow
lives a small band of apes who live on the go.
They carry odd tools and a bright yellow hat
and eat enough food to make them all fat
but they're not, they are fit, they are strong they are fast
but how you might ask does this energy last?
Well it doesn't you see, in the afternoon they are very tired and quite useless.

There is a leader who leads them and teaches them knots
she is the one who chooses the camping spots
They all sing bad songs and laugh all day long
they do right by the forest, they know what is wrong.
The trees are starting to like them more each day
and in 6 months they'll want them to stay.
But if they stayed any longer they wouldn't leave and no one would ever see them again.

They obsess over trails making sure they are clean
they like thier water draining sytem looking prestine.
In the morning they stand in a circle and all of them stretch
they try their hardest to teach the moose the game of fetch.
One of the moose has milky white eyes and is old and blind
They guide him through the forest and try and guess what he's trying to find.
They call him ol marble eyes and they believe he is the wisest creature in all the woods.

Ol marble eyes is one of many friends they have met in the deep
A bear once taught them the best way to let tea steep.
They call him the Tea Bear and he is soft and cuddly
There is also a fat rabbit by the name of Duddly.
They all sit together and sing Disney songs
and sometimes get wild and play purified water pong.
It's a good life for these apes in the woods but it can get a little strange sometimes.

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