The following poem was written by me when trying describe Huntington’s Disease (HD) and issues around it.
This poem didn’t make the final collection called “Curse in Verse” when being used as a fundraising/awareness tool for the Huntington’s Disease Association. This is because its subject matter is very controversal.
I have mixed feelings about animal testing. Whatever a person’s own views I felt it was worth including the poem within this particular media. The testing will go on whether I like it or not. I wanted to show respect for the poor little creatures being used for HD and other research and I hope it comes across here.
The Lab Rat (Animal)
The creature lays there in its cage,
The wires to its head.
It’s been injected for so long,
It really should be dead.
And yet its tiny heart beats strong,
Its body fighting back.
It has no sense of what it has,
Or how the genes attack.
The next day when the human comes,
She feeds him feeling numb.
She cannot dare to even care,
The animal is ‘dumb’.
But everyone with HD knows,
That ‘dumb’ is not the score.
They owe a debt of gratitude,
To him and thousands more!
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