There is no animal anywhere
that wants to participate
doing tricks and dressing up
how can that be great
it condemns a soul to misery
its a punishment in fact
convicted just for being
and they just cannot react
in any way unfavourably
for to do this then their path
is laden down with agony
and what is purely wrath
trainers really torturing
unthinking foul mouthed slobs
they know how to cause an animal pain
unrelenting yobs
they castigate and infuriate
its a flogging that they get
pilloried for nothing
so few of them are let
out to roam and feel the soft grass
on their painful feet
they are beaten with long poles
that cut
and painfully unseat
the soul urge from the body
everything they do
is shouted down and
given the devil treatment too
the gods must spring to action
anubis and his team
the devil spawn is everywhere
there is no time to dream
their roots a torn from under them
their families lost and gone
their memories are beaten off
for they are now upon
the mortal coil to entertain
the gormless and the louts
the so called circus goers
who come from roundabouts
for the burgers and the onions
for the excitement of the ring
but cut through all that decor
its horror that they bring
the animals are tortured
their lives committed to
moving now from town to town
that what circuses do
its chained up in the field closeby
or chained up in a truck
fed on rancid food sometimes
circus life does suck
its easier to give up
do what they make you do
at least you don’t get bull hooked
by, one of the crew
beaten scratched or kicked
the torture happens every day
you really cannot beat the charge
or ever get away
their faces bear such sadness
their bodies racked with pain
their feet are often swollen
from standing in the rain
their legs are sore from being beaten
its hell on earth and they
do whatever they are expected
or else they know they pay
its really pandemonium
an abyss of no return
walking through fire hoops
really does concern
wild animals for fire demands
a factor of great fear
so standing with fire all around
really it is clear
elephants don’t like this
they just go insane
they roll their heads from side to side
and experience such pain
a madness does prevail for them
automatons they become
doing what they have to
until their souls are numb
circus is an evil place
where animals must try
to entertain the punters
when all the time they cry
the excitement that is generated
its cruelty personified
and surely we must call out loudly
there’s no where to hide
anubis we must countenance
a spirit to acclaim
a glorification of tenderness
for they are never the same
protection is the light that spills
onto them when they
are falling down and wondering
why they have to pay
this is what now happens
broken listless souls
who go from day to day in pain
taking on their roles
taking hits from trainers
suffering so much
for circus life is ugly
and so so out of touch
this never is reality
and we who turn up we
must realize the anger and the frustration
that we see
for cruelty is everywhere
its a dark place and we should
boycott circuses everywhere
for surely now that would
be the only course of action left