Gawked At And Photographed Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

People who choose,
To leave their comfort zones...
For a stroll through nature,
Done to condone...
And with a choice to do this,
To expect to find wild life...
Living freely,
Within their own domain to roam...
Should be there to greet them,
For the purpose to entertain.
AND found...
Dressed in top hats.
Dancing in a chorus line.
And welcomed by...
Talking lions, apes, crocodiles, elephants,
And other undomesticated animals...
Animated and awaiting to perform,
Just like the ones they see on TV.

And why is it,
When people who choose,
To leave their comfort zones...
For a stroll through nature,
Done to condone...
To prey as predators,
Are heard screaming through the woods...
Claiming to have been threatened,
By a beast that has grown tired of being stalked.
Gawked at AND photographed.
By the ones trespassing upon,
THEIR natural habitat.
And yet accused and blamed,
For upsetting those expecting an interview.