Randy Freie Poet Rhyme

The Glass Menagerie

Witness our depravity 

To creatures big and small 

Locked up in captivity

To entertain us all

When hunted down and staged

In jungles where they roam

Then quickly bound and caged

And taken from their home 

No longer wild and free

They lose their sense of pride

With days of misery 

They slowly die inside 

As they accept their fate

We revel in their drudgery

What hopeless eyes await

Behind the glass menagerie

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Kim Rodrigues May 26, 2024 at 11:16 AM The thing is even when someone has a pet they control, I think the same thing..a dog wants to play with his own kind, but is yanked back with a leash, can’t go outside, begs to eat. Enjoyed your poem…so true, but yet we still collect the menagerie. You are a very good poet. Randy Freie May 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM Thanks Kim, I was referring more to zoo animals, but there's a lot of pet abuse going on too.