Three Wise Monkeys

See no evil

Hear no evil

Speak no evil

The pictorial maxim had weight and depth

Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru 

Portrayed wisdom's wealth

Times changed

Man progressed

Portrayal mutated

'Coz man's greed was never satiated

He looked at them with evil eyes

He paid no heed to their silent cries

Cries of excruciating pain

When they were brutally slain

Unsparingly he turned into menus

Any and every game

Till times changed again

Tables have been turned

Evil has boomeranged

Today they and their ilk speak

Bats monkeys pangolins et al

Now thrive on their new host

The disillusioned Man

While they relish their newfound freedom

I am compelled to rephrase monkeys' wisdom:

Reflect over your actions

Repent over your actions

Replan your actions

OR

Face extinction