Monkey

Or else vim and slim all claws and four paws

Toppling over front skipping trees tree-like

Fruit mind sweet to see rampage and riot

Balancing siblings meeting up with friends.

Or else dark and stark an anguish of what

Squat in one thought ball the ground a hard sound

Nut mind hard as stone (“maybe tomorrow”)

A rage in a cage forest falling death watch.

Or else spark and lark back arch and neck click

Happy with a leaf a shriek and a chat

Reaching for the moon finding a green beam.

Or else storm and warm sex shape and shock wound

Tangling over facts feeling breezes’ freeze

Sage at a stage called the birth of mirth.