America's Top Zoo

Caged by iron blood and sharp lies,
the animals groan and scream,
like the dreams at night that shatter between reality.
In each enclosed cell,
a lion tears at its mane,
a tigress suffers from a profound death,
and a bird with clipped wings
tries to fly away from fate.
Because we are all animals,
fighting and killing to protect our survival,
once we forget our humanity.
We are humans, tipping over the edge of our world.