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Becky

What’s with this creature,

this specimen?

She’s too large to place under

the scrutiny of microscope.

She isn’t like us.

She’s special and unique.

Can we make her the feature

of the freak show?

How about the beauty pageant winner?

She has been rescued from the wild

Taken from her native kind

to become a spectacle

in the unrelenting spotlight.

Let’s exploit her,

alienate her

and encourage our curious guests

to be fascinated with her,

our mysterious matriarch.

Let’s invite visitors to pay a fee

to watch her execute

typical daily activities.

Can we persuade her

to perform for gory pails of raw meat

like her reptilian counterparts?

We must study her physical

biological attributes

as well as any other specific characteristics

to find out what makes her tick

until we can drug her

and dissect her like a frog.