Sunday, April 14, 2013

CDXCIX - I wish I was a Bonobo


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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12 comments:

  1. Ha ha - nice slant on monkey business!

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  2. Wonder 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 :-)

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  3. Ah, so you are going to ape the Bonobo. So to speak.

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  4. Having their flexibility would be nice ..

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  5. Bet Mrs Cosmo wishes you were one too!

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  6. Ha, ha, this is brilliant. Great fun. I so enjoyed it.

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  7. Bonobos are the way to go!

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  8. Of the three, this seems the only choice!

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  9. I don't wanna be a bonobo
    please 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!

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  10. Holly Tannen sings her own “I Wanna Be a Bonobo” song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYQrqjx85U

    I created an (illustrated!) PDF of Holly’s song: http://sites.google.com/site/jimbstuff/home/files/Bonobo(print-area).pdf

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