Sense Sonnet - Acher

Topsy

Topsy, the elephant, was shown
Within a Coney Island park.
Humans did not like her stressed tone.
Her temperament was much too dark.
Trampled a trainer, the last straw,
Deserved to get the new "death chair."
And, oh, such a crowd pleasing draw.
Thomas Edison was brought there.
He had killed cats and dogs for years,
Public execution tests.
But an elephant - that brought cheers.
Of course, for scientific quests.

Thanks to Edison, Topsy "fried."
Edison prospered, Topsy died.