Poem Reader:
I dreamed of a place called Yesterday's Zoo / that was full of friends I never knew. / Ten dinosaurs from distant shores hid underneath my bed / As nine pigeons searched for passages and nests inside my head. / Eight late, but great gray wallabies wondered what to do / As seven silent quaggas sat and stared outside the Zoo. / Six Falkland Island foxes fought and wrestled in the sand / As five quackers from Guadeloupe flew high above the land. / Four great hawks with four small clocks watched as time went by / Three wrens from Stephens Island sang a song that just asked "Why?" / Two dodo birds forgot the words, so they just hummed along / To that antiquated and outdated, twice-forgotten song. / One final thing, and then I'll bring this dream to its conclusion / and hope that I can simplify, without too much confusion: / All these friends I never knew / are now part of Yesterday's Zoo. / And all the friends I've yet to meet: the tiger, whale and the lorikeet / the dolphin, owl and the elephant and a thousand more, less eloquent... / See, dreams can sometimes happen, and dreams just might come true! / My dream is that my friends today stay out of Yesterday's Zoo.