The Menagerie

“The Menagerie?

Yes, yes, Sir! I’m a part of it!”, came the reply.

The Human Menagerie, I thought.

“What type are you looking for, sir?

We’ve got all types!

The bosses, the clerks, the attendants, ……..

Oh yeah!

The nurses and the housewives!

Phew! Quite a long list it is!

What is it that you want?

Human?

Did I hear that right?

Human?

You must be joking sir!

“Human” is an ‘archaic’ usage, sir.

It’s for something idealistically imaginary, you see.

You sure?

Oh…

We ARE Humans?

But sir, as per the books,

We are only constitutionally human!

There remains nothing human in us, sir!

Nothing at all!

So you see…

You are mistaken.

Yes, yes.

It happens.

You may as well meet this type called

Umm…. A psychiatrist?

Yes, a psychiatrist, it is!

You seem to be in need of that one.

The right type for you, it is sir!”