MONKEY SEE

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Kisses wash the face
Hands grope all over the place
Giggles complete the race

The moon is bright
The air is still
The ground rumbles

In and out
Out and in
Beginning or ending; all the same

Children come
Children go
Children see

Parents hate
Parents take
Parents show

You follow me
I follow you
They follow us

Ignorance breeds Ignorance
What we know
They learn

They watch us
We show them
Inconsequential

Look, but don't touch
Seen, but not heard
Poke your eye out

Lessons to learn
Lessons to teach
Think before you do

May 2, 1996

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