A Day At The Zoo
How like animals we are -
squabbling like baby elephants;
me looking at you looking at me -
through a murky window;
pretending to ride the sort of ponies that
will not kick or gallop too freely;
and then, as the evening comes,
end it on ice -
round and around
for no purpose
but to feel the wind in our faces,
and know we are
alive.
squabbling like baby elephants;
me looking at you looking at me -
through a murky window;
pretending to ride the sort of ponies that
will not kick or gallop too freely;
and then, as the evening comes,
end it on ice -round and around
for no purpose
but to feel the wind in our faces,and know we are
alive.
posted by Clare Dudman at 7:14 pm
4 Comments:
Glad you didn't stop with "round and round"...
I haven't been to the zoo for years and this reminds me that I only live seven miles away from Dudley Zoo. Perhaps that's the problem; it's too easy. I must put it on my list of things to do when the better weather comes.
Table Talk - we live less than a mile from the zoo at Chester and I know that the only reason we go each year at Christmas is that local residents are given a free zoo pass. It's been going on for years - in compensation for the inconvenience of a little road congestion during some bank holidays! We usually make sure we go - but I am sure we wouldn't otherwise. It's always the same, isn't? You tend not to go to places close by - they are less exotic, I suppose, and anyway you can always go 'some other time'(which never ends up coming).
wow I love the ice skating pics. THat looks like a great day.
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