2004-07-10 - 3:43 p.m. Sat in Union Square Park reading in the dazzling sunshine just now, and looked up to see a group of capoeirists playin'. Watching capoeira always moves me...I love the songs and percussion and weird, simian movements. On the way home I wrote this song: Me and the Monkeys Monkeys abound and apes are all around Can you hear that sound? It's the monkeys singing. With their inside-out lips and insoucient hips their prehensile grip as they're swinging. Chimps and lemurs Got me by the femurs we're all just dreamers Awaking with a start Old world primates in new-world climates like pigs and their sty-mates* thinking with our hearts Capuchin, capuchin, capuchino-o! Me and the monkeys! On with the show! *this line may have to be reworked. I don't want to introduce a whole new animal into the mix. thoughts? (4 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact