monkey talk

from her bedroom
window she can
hear the monkeys
across the street
in the zoo making
a woo woo woo sound.
and she shows me
this by making
the sound herself,
forming her lips
into an oval like shape.
and jutting her chin
out. nice, i tell her.
do it again, so she
does the sound again.
i was never
wild about monkeys,
i tell her, all
that crazy chatter,
and frenetic blinking
and head bobbing,
i always liked the seals,
so slick and smooth
and somewhat quiet,
but i'm changing my
mind about that now.