Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Taking My Turn - LP Zoo

Standing atop a rock I do

My meerkat duty standing guard,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

For predators - the job's not hard.

No swooping down of big birds that

In the wild would grab us as prey.

We're safe here in this habitat.

But by instinct we still display

The taking turns to watch around

As sentinel, eyes to the sky,

Cuz we meerkats be duty bound

To constantly be on standby.

Sentinel duty's not much fun,

But is a job that must be done.