Social Commentaries
The Big Baboon
From The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896)
Social Commentaries
The Big Baboon is found upon
The plains of Cariboo:
He goes about
with nothing on
(A shocking thing to do).
But if he
dressed respectably
And let his whiskers grow,
How like this Big Baboon would be
To Mister So-and-so!
Cite this poem
MLA
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Big Baboon.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/72/.
Chicago
Belloc, Hilaire. “The Big Baboon.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/belloc/72/.
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