The lives of many souls
it seems are taken
decisions made by people
mark the end
of various earthlings
who it seems were only born
for our experimentation
which does send
alarm bells ringing
into all creation
for life is valued
in every corner, we
have no right
to decide to take a living soul
and kill it for research
this should not be
Universities are now the leading
places it appears
where funds are made
available its down to education
that is of course where
the foundations laid
and as such many primates
and other earthlings
have to meet their maker
every day
ethics, really comes in to equations
but wanders off again
for it must pay
to victimise, to torture
little creature’s strap
them into gadgets and control
listen to their moans and groans
and realize their role
these are sentient babies
and like us they have soul
the vile researchers now that is
debatable
anyone who tortures souls to me
has lost what ever they were born to carry
and have sunk into a sea of depravity
recently in Adelaide an experiment took place
9 baby lambs were chosen
to me thats a disgrace
shaken baby syndrome
was the condition here
so they man handled these babies
3 died of abject fear
tis said they were anaesthetized
but still died it was clear
and the other 6 got through it all
but were killed for it was felt
they would have been so traumatised
and so their cards were dealt
ethic starts with e its true
and debate about it may
come up with whatever answer
but whatever, some do pay
the world is full of this stuff
and many souls do die
wild animals in cages
from virgin jungles fly
half way round the world
to be victimised and killed
strapped into contraptions
until their blood is spilled
concoctions dripped into their eyes
their ears, their noses too
to prove an acid burns
what we all now do
for cleaning products
toothpastes and thousands more
we close
our ears our eyes
but its no surprise
for this research now shows
million of sweet animals
are slaughtered in their prime
dogs and cats and primates
they all run out of time
and they were not created
to be experiments for us
for some brand of eye liner
its a double decker bus
used to crack a walnut
and its ethically all wrong
personally I hate it
and have, all along
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.