why do they do it
\nand why us, what for
\nbig as we are
\nwe do still feel sore
\nabout all of the torture
\ndolled out to us we
\nare mortified really
\nno apology
\nis ever forthcoming
\njust more of the same
\nits as if to your humans
\nits all one big game
\nto take us from freedom
\nfrom openness and
\nclose off our visions
\nwe don’t understand
\nand we are disillusioned
\nfor those open spaces
\nthe wildness the great sky
\nthose myriad faces
\nthe intolerable torture
\ndished out every day
\ntied down to a tree
\nand beaten we pay
\na high price in cruelty
\nwhich is your choice
\nyou want us to serve
\nand you break through our voice
\nthe painfulness tests us
\nthe soreness is there
\nthe chafing of ropes
\nbrings its rotten despair
\nit provokes in us resentment
\nand memories long
\nmay come back to haunt you
\nif you have been wrong
\nin the fulsome of time
\nyou may overlook much
\nbut we can’t forget
\nbrutalities touch
\nthe bill hook that tears
\nor the whip that cuts through
\nthe ropes that so burn
\nplain fully true
\nwe tiny elephants
\nstripped from our Ma
\nbludgeoned with hatred
\nwe know where we are
\nwhen we’re tied to those trees
\nand whipped like a dog
\nour submission we give
\nyour continual flog
\nis too much for any of us
\nto withstand
\nand we break and we give in
\nto your upper hand<\/p>\n
but we never forget
\nwe know who did what
\nand some day
\nwe might just crack
\nand if not
\nwe will take to our graves
\nthe memories we
\ntoo into our souls
\nbased on your cruelty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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