Bedlam's enclosures echo

from trolley wheel thunder,

packed cases of the pack

in the jungle of unearthly delights

herds roam the manic

maze of terminal zoo

gazing, grazing and lazing

now duty-free, with one eye

on the gate that signals escape

from voluntary detention 

alpha males indulge in feeding frenzies

as females seek scents 

and food to placate the hysterical calls

of their yearning young 

as the elders watch

bemused and excluded

unable to remember the steps

of their fight before flight routines