Sunday, December 9, 2012

Monkey-Puzzle


Monkey-Puzzle

By Stephanie Batts


An evergreen tree of a very strange kind,
Its long branches are covered with leaves like thorns.

So tough and prickly that, they say,
Even birds do not sit upon them

Some specimens have been known to reach a height of sixty meters,
And live for thousands of years

They call this amazing, wonderful, tantalizing, enchanting, exquisite, divine tree,
The Monkey Puzzle tree

Many a monkey have tried to climb its entangling branches,
But many have failed and left with prickers in their toes

At least the birds were smart enough to know not to mess with this
Amazing, wonderful, tantalizing, enchanting, exquisite, divine tree they call,

The Monkey Puzzle tree  


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