Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Murray the Gibbon - LP Zoo

I'm Murray, white cheeked gibbon, who

Is a new and a swinging guy

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

And like to keep a watchful eye

On all the humans visiting.

Sometimes while I am taking peeks,

I'll get into the mood to sing,

Opening wide my white furred cheeks.

"Look at that monkey," some folks say.

I don't correct, being polite.

To err is human - I know they

Can research me and get it right.

Not a monkey a gibbon be.

I am in the ape family.