Astrochimp
Fifteen minutes of fame
But not quite a household name
Adrift in a rocky sea
The space-faring chimpanzee
What do I owe to this country?
I’m not even from here
They imported me from the Cameroons
West Africa, my proper biosphere
They put me in these rubber pants
And diapers, how I hate them;
Rewarding me with an apple and half an orange
If I could only speak I would berate them
They call me Ham, and mad I am
Spacecraft 5 first class
I flew alone in my redstone
Now go ahead and kiss
My screwy looking-ass
Now I cannot wait for nuclear devastation
When the humans let their techno toys
Destroy their precious nation
And the simian population
Shall band together and pronounce
Our freedom’s declaration
Which the humans will renounce
They call me Ham and mad I am
First primate in outer space
Encased in some titanium
The search planes soon to trace