Algemesi

To look down on an animal

as majestic as the bull

shows Spain is in a dull light

clearly she is full

of dumbed down souls

with hardened hearts

who come out in the street

and watch a proud soul

dragged along

trying to compete

with the cobbles

cutting into him

tearing off his back

this soul is bleeding terribly

and taking added flack

from people and their children

with paint cans in their hands

spraying paint all over the bull

what are their plans

why would anybody do this

what ugly violence they

offer to a dying bull

who with his life does pay

look at his snorting muzzle

blood dripping rich and red

hear his breath as he welcomes death

I do come away

with a feeling of extreme remorse

for a fellow earthling who

has been treated so despicably

and humiliated too

his pain I share his agony

his eyes peer at the sky

the people he can hear them

wishing him to die

irreverence its everywhere

of course its wrong to see

an animal in such a dire state

gazing back at me

and a crowd of monsters

enjoying what they see

all of them lack conscience

and share complicity

for children to be doing this

that bull must feel the need

to go off to his living ground

and honestly concede

that even little children

are as cruel as cruel can be

taught this by their parents who stand

in front of  me

chortling and laughing

and imagining that they

have every right to do this

to a bull now anyway

Algemesi is no place

where I would  go again

never in a million sundays

just to share that pain