I love the expression on the female.
I wish I was a Bonobo.
Gorillas, I’m told,
Are sexually cold,
And only engage for the off-spring.
Chimpanzees
Run tyrannies
Where rape and crime are oft king.
Bonobos however
Are locked together
In all manner of sexual flings.
Chorus
Oh, I wish I was a Bonobo,
The happiest of the apes;
Every day, in every way,
They have sex of any shape.
Some may say it’s pagan,
The way that they employ it,
But I think the Bonobo’s got it right,
Life’s too short, enjoy it.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2013
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Ha ha - nice slant on monkey business!
ReplyDeleteLoud smiles - thank you.
ReplyDeleteWonder where humans fit on this scale - although I would say we display aspects of all of the above. Perhaps we should all move toward the bonobo end of the spectrum, we might all be a bit less stressed :-)
ReplyDeleteWell then!
ReplyDeleteAh, so you are going to ape the Bonobo. So to speak.
ReplyDeleteHaving their flexibility would be nice ..
ReplyDeleteBet Mrs Cosmo wishes you were one too!
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, this is brilliant. Great fun. I so enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteBonobos are the way to go!
ReplyDeleteOf the three, this seems the only choice!
ReplyDeleteI don't wanna be a bonobo
ReplyDeleteplease don't make me be a bonobo
I don't know what I wanna be
but I don't wanna be a bonobo
And also I don't wanna be a yobbo!
Holly Tannen sings her own “I Wanna Be a Bonobo” song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYQrqjx85U
ReplyDeleteI created an (illustrated!) PDF of Holly’s song: http://sites.google.com/site/jimbstuff/home/files/Bonobo(print-area).pdf