Circus in Town
It was a cold February day when the circus came to town
animals ink cages, except the elephants –four of them-
and shockingly naked on a day like this,
tail to trunk elephants with small ears they are Indians
someone said
My mental picture of an Asian was disturbed when I see an Indian
I think of elephants the naked ones marching on
a cobbled street in a small town up north.

I did not go to the circus didn't want to see animals be made fools of.
it was the Karinis I came for and yes, when in their
enclosure their backs were covered with a big blanket,
why to let them walk naked through the town as the westerly blew