Some humans captured monkeys from the jungle,
Trained them to fetch beer and cigarettes,
Put them in silly, costume jewelry
And ill fitting coveralls.
Some, they put in frocks with stoles
And trained them to hold high sanctuary,
And then one day, the humans went away,
And never did they return.

And now the monkeys reign in the courts,
And sit in the seats at the city council,
And some recline in worn out La-Z-Boys.

And they all keep doing
The things they've always done,
And none of them ever bother to ask, "Why?"

-jenn