I see you crickets in plastic containers
in pet stores seemingly thriving.
With free food and water, you might
think you’re living the good life,
that is if you have any cognizance.
Woe to you probably having no idea
you’ll soon be terrorized by lizards
who will kill you, who will devout you.
In a delusional way, I wish I could
save you all from such a tragic fate.
In a humane way, I wish all of you
could have lived free in nature.
But I guess you’d still get eaten
by some other hungry predator.
And you’re not exactly vegans
when you eat smaller insects.
I guess in this world that just how
things work; lifeforms eating other
lifeforms like humans eating chickens.
Bob Boyd