There being a family on the opposite
all very lively and loving on sight
The father being the commanding
while the mother doing all work with no backing
The eldest one always up to pranks
the second one being very frank
The little one being so tiny
clings to the mother closely
The family have lived here for ages
not moving to any other place in stages
They become active in the mid morning
walking over my hedges to my back yard dancing
for the fruits that grow there in abundance
they being juicy and lascivious
while the father, mother and the younger ones
go through the hedges making no noise even once
the eldest takes a different route entire
that of hanging on to to the telephone wire
swinging this way and that way as he moves ahead
as I look with fear and awe over the tread
with all the family around me chatting
they being the kin of man in the offing
the monkey family in all 
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The verse provides a portrait of the family well.