Modern Gravity
by Robert Margetts
Title
Modern Gravity
Artist
Robert Margetts
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
DOING TIME AT THE ZOO:
I sit in my cage
and eat raw flesh from metallic bowls
twice a day
I return to the open holes.
You pass the meat
and expect me to be happy
caged in an iron coffin
yet convicted of no crime
You pass my cage
as I do the time.
He throws me a peanut
She tosses me a candy bar
It waves and taunts me
shouts and vents
disrespects my existence
and expects me to be content.
We are the ones who watch you go by
We are the ones who wait to die
We are the ones who hate you so
We are the ones who truly know
that you are the beast
trapped in your own mortality
begging forgiveness from some soiled priest.
They come in droves
They drive their cars
They walk by our cages
Throwing us pieces of genetically altered food
and throwing our minds into horrific rages.
Who is the animal
that traps my kind
Slaves to your world
filled with hate
filled with utter fear
passing my prison but shedding not a tear
to walk the corridors of iron that rust
and show sympathy and empathy,
Ironic gestures of trust!
You enlightened creature
who fear my kind instinct
It is you who have been fleeced
It is you who are the true beast.
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November 28th, 2023
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