noah's cruise ship

you try to imagine
noah
with the snakes,
the rats, the porcupines,
the skunks
and alligators,
two by two
in their grumpy
angered ways boarding
ship. the lizards
asking for an upgrade
on their steerage
suites.
how the lunch
buffet must have
gone. the lions
wanting red meat,
the elephants
and giraffes
tall trees.
the swimming
pool a fiasco,
with the monkeys
acting wild,
the shuffle board
court a zoo. why
do the cute animals
have verandas,
the hyenas ask.
what about the pandas
and their very
private room?