Morning at the Zoo
The orangutan told me that I was wasting my life.
That I should quit
my job and go move out to Idaho
and fish.
"That is what you want to do anyway." he said.
"Look at
you." I said angrily.
"You, you're
stuck in a cage."
"Who are you
to give me advice?"
Who is in a cage?
he said.
"Ha, don't try that on me," I said.
"I don't buy
it."
"You were
probably raised here
by baboons."
I said
"What do you
know about being out?"
He looked at me
with his sad eyes.
I said, "I'm
sorry."
"It's just
that I felt you kinda of attacked me."
"No," he
said
"I was just
trying to give you some good advice."
"You come
here every day and we talk and talk."
"And I just
thought, I could finally be myself around you."
"And since we
are friends, I could tell you how I felt."
"I'm
sorry," I said.
"It was the
sweetest piece of advice I've ever got."
I decided not to
visit the other animals
and left the zoo
shortly after that.
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