Friday!!

When she saw me,

waiting there at the zoo

we ran toward each other 

(well, one of us ran 

& one of us pony-pranced)

& I held her in my arms

until they were so tired 

they fell off.

She climbed on or hanged from

all of the things.

She wanted to hold
the "so cute"
elephant

but was afraid of the
 ladybug.

At each roped off area,

she would hault & grab the rope 

& shake it up & down 

& sing Jingle Bells.

Don't even get her started

on how funny

 the domesticated geese were,

even when they snatched a pickle 

from her hand & I screamed.

She announced to everyone

that the gorilla had a

"BIG. BUTT."

& was just as excited about

seeing the lion poster 

as she was seeing the real lion.

She got mad at the hippo

for going underwater

& correctly pointed out
that the tapir
lives in a "rainforest"
which she remembered
from "my book!"
 At one point

she gently cupped my face 

in her hands

& whispered that she wanted

popcorn.

And then I vowed to buy her
all of the popcorn
 in the big butt world

& then we rode

a zebra
into the sunset.

The zoo,

it has never been so precious.

Happy Friday, monkies!