<p>would you spend your vacation at a zoo?
a weekend getaway!
a chance to save the day!
you can be like the Great Explorers too!
and escape into wilderness
and taste the Savage’s romanticness
and dare to go beyond the civilised frontiers
with a tour package’s convenience.</p>
<p>would you spend your vacation at a zoo?
see creatures colourful and exotic!
and their societies – how quaint!
if the animals at home bore you
at the zoo there are theatrics for you
so long as you are stout-hearted enough not to faint!
come see the dances of the Makassarese!
come hear the mating calls of the Madurese!
how different! how curious! how strange!
that heart-in-mouth shock!
but they unceasingly flock!
how similar! how curious! how is it to be explained?</p>
<p>would you spend your vacation at a zoo?
come see the Laotian in his Natural Habitat
be amazed by Manchurian acrobats!
snap your facebook photos of Angkor Wat!
should the expense guilt you, you can volunteer too!
in this exhibit, you can hold the baby Goanese
in this exhibit, you can give out food to the Sudanese
in this exhibit, you can eat like them and live like them
and help them build new houses out of bamboo!</p>
<p>would you spend your vacation at a zoo?
with millions of satisfied customers, why wouldn’t you?
for should you ever tire of your weekend getaway
know that you can simply fly away
back home.
in parties you could still say,
“I volunteered in Mandalay! And saw a manta ray too!
so everyone can admire you.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/14/orphans-cambodia-aids-holidays-madonna[/url]”>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/14/orphans-cambodia-aids-holidays-madonna</a></p>