seven under heaven

for human being an alligator named augustine kept his apartment clean when the housing inspectors arrived they saw it wasn't a dive but quarters fit for a queen a butterfly named bo surrendered to mother earth's flow he floated through every clime but was always home on time to watch his favorite show an insomniac chipmunk named constance said, i've had enough of your nonsense to the frogs in the pond below her tree who never stopped their chatter for tea but they heeded not her remonstrance a philosophical frog named fred tried to store inside his head the history of every creature their every form and every feature and cared not where his enquiries led an elephant named ed hated to get out of bed no matter how the sun did shine he said, the days no friend of mine i would rather dream on instead a grumbling gorilla named gus waited every morning for the bus to take him to his place of employment where he experienced little enjoyment but cowered in his cubicle and cussed a human named henry brown lived in a little town he had no time for idle talk but exercised in endless walks and dreamt of eternal renown