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THE PRICE OF A CIRCUS SEAT
Kudos to Netherlands, Greece, Bolivia, soon the UK. What about the rest of us?
THE PRICE OF A CIRCUS SEAT
Dragged, kicking and screaming
to the circus we go
we once walked proudly,
freely for miles and miles each day
with our families
to whom we bond deeply
babies spending their entire lives
by the sides of loving mothers
we long for this life
that will never again be
for we are now
captive entertainers
circus elephants are we.
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Our tiny baby elies
are torn from us
and forced
in the most inhumane ways imaginable
to be broken
beginning with the breaking of our bodies
followed by the breaking of our spirits
our terror is ignored
as our legs are bound
we are stretched out
slammed to the ground
gouged with bull-hooks
and shocked with electric prods
we cry, scream out
and struggle desperately to remain upright
looking deeply into the eyes of our tormentors
searching
for a compassionate face that might save us
the response is …
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