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Circus Elephant No Show

The circus elephant was star
Long in "The Greatest Show on Earth."
A giant stuck in a clown car,
Counted only for profits' worth.
For ages countless humans came
To watch the elephant do tricks,
Not knowing the behind scene shame
Of bound in chains and beat by sticks.
It took over a century
For finally pressure to bear,
The circus elephant to be
No longer cast in the show there.

Soon after the elephant went,
Profits went down and so the tent.