Scandal at the Aquarium

Shock! I say--total shock--

What occurred at the aquarium in recent years!

Some call it the type of scandal

That violently shakes two hemispheres.

 

Henry and Roxy had been an item.

Much older than she, Henry was bound

To guard and protect his little lady.

A more loyal penguin was hard to be found.

 

How they loved to sing together!

He would belt out and she would intone.

The happy couple frolicked and preened--

Happy not to be alone.

 

Molting season came and Roxy

Experienced her catastrophic molt.

Henry stood by and guarded his sweetheart.

Of attentiveness he lacked not a jolt.

 

Roxy's feathers soon returned,

And there she was in all her glory.

Then poor Henry started his molt.

That's when Floyd entered the story.

 

While Henry hid from penguin view,

Floyd caught Roxy's eyes.

His feathers were back in abundance.

What happened next? You can surmise.

 

When Henry's feathers finally returned,

Floyd had become Roxy's new mate.

They did what penguin couples do

While Henry sadly accepted his fate.

 

The new family soon multiplied.

Henry eventually found a new friend.

What started out as an outrageous scandal

Wasn't so horrible in the end.

 

Scandals come and scandals go.

But some of them are hard to avoid.

Aren't you glad that you don't molt

Like our friends Henry and Roxy and Floyd?

 

(9-23-15)