Animal Testing Poem by Irene Hooks

There you lie
Infected and bleeding
There you dream
Of a life without suffering
A life without pain
A big white rubber hand reaches in
You're hoping it's over
Hoping it is taking you to freedom
But you are put in a smaller cage
Restrained by chains
You fight and kick
You scream, "NO! NO MORE INJECTIONS! "
They hear you,
But don't understand
The needle pierces through your muscles
It makes you shriek in pain
But still;
They do not understand
The people outside do not
See, hear or feel
Your pain,
The agony you go through
Endless day after endless day
Just so their lips look plumper
Their skin a shade darker
Their hair a bit shinier
But what they don't see
What they don't see
Is you,
Your blind infected eyes
Your red, raw and furless skin
Your broken and useless legs
No, they don't
See, hear, or feel
Your pain
All they want,
All they care about,
Is the beauty of themselves.
STOP COSMETIC ANIMAL TESTING.