Placed In Cages
Once, there was a boy who loved animals,
every kind of animal:
it didn't matter; he loved them all!
He had rabbits, pigeons, hamsters, and a raccoon.
The boy kept them well-fed,
cleaned their cages every day
making sure they were happy:
for that made him happy, too.
One day, he was watching the news
and saw children taken from their mothers;
by the border patrol, and placed in cages.
He saw their misery and heard their cries.
They were not happy in their cages:
and he cried, too.
He loved his pets:
and yet, he also kept them in cages.
Now he realized they weren't happy at all:
for like people, they want to live free.
And so, he released all his animals
to an animal sanctuary, and destroyed their cages.
"One doesn't cage what one loves."
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