The Saga Of Karambe

The saga of Karambe

(The last I heard) began

Because a toddler’s mama

Let go her toddler’s hand.

He liked the big gorilla 

And wanted to get close

To become more familiar—

But why? God only knows!

The ape in his enclosure

Saw when the kid fell in

That he was even closer 

Than any should’ve been.

Some say he came to help him

And others said, to play—

(What’s a gorilla’s welcome

’S not that easy to say!)

What’s known of a gorilla,

Since he was a primate,

He finds what’s unfamiliar

’S meant to intimidate.

The toddler was in danger

(Albeit, was his fault)

Gorilla’s faced by stranger—

Awaits for an assault.

(Gorillas won’t be likely

To take trespassers well,

As all the more are likely

To do what none can tell.

The cops couldn’t be idle

So as to wait and see—

Should he turn homicidal—

There’d be a tragedy.

Some tranquilizer wouldn’t

Have done the job it should,

And seeing that they couldn’t

They did all that they could.

They put down the gorilla

So as they’d save the kid

Who was a naughty fella

Because of what he did.

His papa and his mamma

Who witnessed the attack

On dangerous Karambe

Are glad to get him back.

While even so you’d wonder,

You’d be a bit perplexed

About a cloud they’re under,

As what he will do next?

The thing about all fences

We put around about,

From everyones’ offenses

Wall in as well as out!