Primates for exploratory surgery

If we could only help the
poor young primates
stolen from their habitat
at will
shipped across the oceans
by money grabbing airlines
and installed in some cage
oh yes, its still

happening a lock and key
to play with
thick bars to peer
out of, and a noise
that they are not familiar with
and food they do not like
imagine that
its not one of those joys

the rattling of the wire
upon the cages
the shrieks of fright
from those who have to be
tied down to a bloody apparatus
and operated on so violently

imagine it plucked
from a nice warm forest
with all the normal sounds
you’ve grown to hear
and stuck in a cold cage
in some laboratory
waiting for those
white coats tp appear

smelly nasty human charges
grab you
throw you in a room and then they shave
hair from off your body
and strap you on a table
and begin to cut your body
just because they are able

what did you do really
to deserve this
you were very happy far away
playing in the treetops with
your sisters
and now for just no reason
you must pay

we have to try and help them
they are prisoners
the corporate state
has taken them and they
will be undergoing
experimentation and
only if they are lucky
pass away