Monkey See, Monkey Do

Curious eyes
Watch
From high above
As the strangers
Wander
Through this
Wilderness
Who?
What?
Why?
And where did they come from?
Scampering lower
Following
Hidden
But close by
They know
They are being studied
By the natives
Of this place
One smiles
Examining
The leafy foliage
Blink
Blink
Scampering closer
Who are these
Things
That walk so upright?
That cover themselves?
That have such strange fur?
Intrigued
Approaching
Chattering excitedly
From a branch
To commerades
Higher up
One of these
Trespassers
Has a present!
Interest
Overrides
Caution
With a leap
Landing
On a shoulder
Snatching
The offering
Greedily
And wonder
As I retreat
What they mean by
"Monkey"

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