The day the Zoo Reopened

The tigers said that humans were assholes,
always digging themselves into new kinds of holes,
even the giraffes felt like offering an overview,
oddly it was said, the monkeys were asking after you.

They organised a tennis tournament as Wimbledon was closed, 
not without dissent and aggro as a surly Djokovitc posed,
Nadal objected as a rhino got his horn stuck in the net,
not for the first time that Federer had to call the vet.

The meerkat umpire squinted, said it's automated for all of us,
tigers roared, hyenas cried, McEnroe said: 'You can't be serious;'
Markle sat in the royal box wearing a hat nonchalantly,
why she didn't want to be queen was a mystery.

A panther with a sign around his neck started to chatter,
after he'd taken the trophy, he said: 'Black lives matter.'