Creatures caught and molded,
Trained with touch, sight and sound,
Pleasure and pain,
Carrot and stick.
Do you need me? Do you love me?
We're a team now,
For better or for worse.
As good as any human relationship I suppose.
On the whole I feel for you a mixture of curiosity and pity.
A prey animal, unadapted to life away from my protection.
The more dependent, the more pitiable.
Domestic.
You want to be close to me and it makes me feel
Flattered,
Grateful.