This old girl is 68
\nAnd lives sadly in japan
\nLives in inokashira Park
\nApparently the plan
\nWas years ago to replace
\nOne
\nThat had starved to death because
\nA war was on and so upon
\nHer arrival
\nWhat she had done
\nWas be put inside a concrete cell
\nNothing there at all
\nNo grass no trees
\nNothing to please
\nNot even a ball<\/p>\n
No comfort there
\nNo stimulation
\nNo love no care no thought
\nNo exercise to speak of
\nShe of course is over wrought
\nShe gets into a temper
\nAnd keeper have been hurt
\nShe clearly is disgusted
\nFor treating her like dirt<\/p>\n
6 decades with the Japanese
\nHard task masters they are
\nIn no way are they delicate
\nShe has many a scar
\nAnd nothing much to play with
\nTotally uninspired
\nTiresome irksome monotonous
\nHer handlers she would have fired<\/p>\n
For being totally boring
\nTheir indifference was so
\nThe cell was awfully boring
\nGoing too and fro
\nAll that heavy concrete
\nSo cold on her feet
\nStuffiness and dreariness
\nAnd the time when they did beat<\/p>\n
Her some did they were cruel to her
\nNo amusement did she get
\nEverywhere was heavy
\nAnd very often wet
\nA dismal hole to live in
\nSolemn and sedate
\nThis was such an archaic place
\nThat nobody would rate<\/p>\n
Hanako they called her
\n“Flower girl ”
\nBut she thought
\nIt was not appropriate
\nFor she was clearly caught
\nIn a cell of coldness
\nOf bareness no redress
\nThe smallest cell in all the world
\nWhich no one would confess<\/p>\n
She had a piece of tubing
\nShe’d play with everyday
\nNot the games that intelligent animals should
\nPlay
\nBut just enough to save her from mental ill health
\nWhich she
\nWas susceptible to for certain
\nAnd perhaps infinity
\nWould one day stop her swaying
\nHer head case had to be
\nTreated
\nShe was bored to hell with their
\nInsanity<\/p>\n
Now its to a sanctuary
\nOne hopes she will soon go
\nIt will be her just relief
\nFor someone in the know
\nDefeatist and real glumness
\nCarried deep inside
\nUnhappy and cheerless
\nAnd never in her stride<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This old girl is 68 And lives sadly in japan Lives in inokashira Park Apparently the plan Was years ago to replace One That had starved to death because A war was on and so upon Her arrival What she … Continue reading