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           My poem shows the contrast of how the morning of a person's day might go compared to the way a rabbit in a laboratories might go. There are almost two parts to the poem. The slightly relatable and normal beginning. You wake up, rub your eyes, have a good stretch, and then maybe apply a good morning lotion. We all have our morning routines and that's fair, but what people do not realize is that it is easy for us to apply that lotion and never think about exactly how it ended up here.

            The rabbits morning is going a lot different. They are in constant pain, their skin is being abused, and their eyes are so over tested they can hardly open them anymore. They are suffering through the aching of chemicals and products being forced in and on their body. They lead this horrible life all the way until they die a gruesome death. This poem is to represent the fine line these companies have made so that people do not realize what is being done. The consumers need to become more aware of the real problem that lays there as they put that product on their face. It may be safe for people to use, but it's being tested at the cost of many poor animals lives.  

What’s Within

 

The sun appears,

It’s time to rise.

You wipe those nightly tears

From your puffy tired eyes.

 

You make squeals

As your arms stretch far.

You love how it feels

Like you’re reaching for a star.

 

Your skin feels dry,

So you grab your lotion.

You’re so happy with this buy

Because it’s a skin healing potion.

 

You go on your day

With soft clean skin,

But you never consider the way

It took to make what’s within.

 

The day for some rabbits

Begins the same,

But with a few different habits

And much less tame.

 

The sun appears,

It’s time to rise.

They wipe their sad nightly tears

From their swollen gassed eyes.

 

They make a horrific squeal

As their legs can’t stretch far.

Pain is all they feel

As they open up an old scar.

 

Their skin is poisoned dry

As the scientists rub the lotion

So that it’s safe for people to buy,

And you can enjoy a skin healing potion.

 

They do this everyday

As they slowly lose feel of their skin.

Because you never considered the way

It took to make what’s within

How much do people really know of how the products they use everyday are being made?

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