Wild animals in prisons called the more politically correct term zoo’s

What is a zoo?
its a prison, in fact
some are more open
some tightly packed
in cages, in runs
in areas where
the public are invited
to witness despair

take elephants
they live in herds
and they eat
tons of material
their on their feet
from morning to dusk
a foraging tribe
who relate to each other
and, my diatribe

is they never should
be imprisoned at all
they should be left in the
wild
though the call
is protection, in case
the ivory they
possess on their person
is frittered away

by man
who will poach
for a market that’s vast
and these tusks are removed
much more in the past
but zoo’s arn’t the answer
what we should do
is protect their life style
not create a zoo

a zoo is a way to make money
and they
invest in vast areas
yes every way
but many sweet souls
are caged all their life
given veterinary care
for internal strife

they are wild
like the wind
they must forage to gain
they wander long distances
in sun and rain
they are wild
its unkind to entrap
and create
a place far away
enclosed by some gate

where all of their needs
except to be free
are sorted by humans
economically
for profit comes into
the equation each day
its a business and businesses
do have to pay

and like anything
dealing with living life forms
problems arise
their are good days
and storms
come flashing in sometimes
with crushing effects
and imprisoned earthlings
most do feel like rejects

depression and various
ailments are rife
they were born to be wild
for all of their life
in a place where the strong
survive not the weak
wilderness, jungle
their own homes they seek

not a concrete enclave
with pseudo style pools
human designs where the great ego
calls
concrete hard surfaces
and great cage control
they feel penned in
which is bad for their soul

they have to put up
with man and his ways
and of course at the end of
the day
if it pays
then the zoo carries on
and most creatures we see
but all of them
are then, in captivity

they are just prisoners
plucked from the wild
their only crime
the wrong place
the wrong time
torn from their families
from where they were born
and shipped miles and miles
to their new concrete dawn

to their place in the cold
from their place in the sun
to the place where they stand
from the place they could run
to be gawped up by noise
when before they found peace
and never again
to earn their release

this is the zoo
that we pay for to see
the great and the good
what a great place to be
where the great tiger
paces
back and forth each day
and the elephant has to give
rides everyday

and their food is not wild
is not foraged
just thrown
down on the ground
from some place in town
its all pseudo nonsense
for meanwhile we see
habitat loss
and big zoo’s that be

not what the creatures want
no not at all
just vast concrete places
that really appal
nothing is safe
even sea creatures are
captured and thrown
in the deep end, to star

in themed shows
for their great human beings to cheer
but basically make money
yea, year on year
the Orca’s the Dolphins
were and are wild
designed to be out in the ocean
defiled
in some tank
so that corporates
make their fad wad
is truthfully thumbing
our noses at God