The Painful Wild Cries Poem by Francis Duggan

The painful wild cries of a rabbit or hare
That is stuck and frightened in a trap or a snare
Or struggling to free itself from entanglement in a net
Something from once heard you may never forget
Trapped creatures of Nature who cry out in fear
Cries that are never what one would call pleasant to hear
Adult humans who treat animals in a cruel way
If not punished by law to Karma for their crimes will pay
Because cruelty to animals is a serious crime
And ought to carry with it a spell of prison time
Two to three years in jail at the very least
For torturing to death reptile, insect, fish, bird or beast
People who cause suffering to other life forms for their crimes should be made to pay
Their's is not an uncommon crime in the World of today.