Monkey-Dance Poem by Gajanan Mishra

Here see the monkey-dance, my dear,
At the cost of the pain of the monkey.
And they said, monkey is ours ancestors
And we are entertaining ourselves
At the cost of this little dumb creature.

What is the meaning of this dance
That I do not know, I know only
We, all creatures here are part and
Parcels of Almighty and He is within
The hearts of all, and I feel one creature
Must not use another creature for his
Selfish ends and I am sure He would not
Give us pardon for our cruelty to others.

Monkey-dance is an act of cruelty, my dear friends.