I gorilla’d
and he orangutan’d
into the toy aisle

we were seeking
transformers figures
to gawk at and place on the shelf

The orangutan loved them
and he set them around the tv with their guns
facing us and killing us forever

There was a young boy in the aisle too
looking at some Minecraft legos
and then up at us

As we gorilla’d
and orangutan’d
and made inappropriate jokes as adult men

and he ran off
whether from fear of apes
or realizing what he might become one day

I couldn’t say.