Poems of a lighthearted nature

A poem about a poem (about a poem...)

I'm trying to write a witty poem

but here I sit, staring at a blank page

amongst the noisiness of the zoo

amongst the animals in their cage

and I can't think of anything to write about

because for once I'm at a loss

and the noise is building up

which in turn is making me rather cross

What to write about? What to discuss?

These rhymes are shooting across my brain

but how to put them in the correct order?

Where to direct this thinking train?

The monkeys are yelling to eachother

and the tropical birds relentlessly squawk

and though I'm not completely positive

I think they're trying to talk

and so it reaches the point in which

I'm writing a poem about poem writing

so this exercise was rather pointless,

not to mention unexciting.

The moral of this story?

Don't let poetry ideas loom

inside your head when sat amongst teenagers

in a stuffy and tiresome maths room.