Zero for the Mother

I weep for the marbled murrelet,

mollusks, brown pelican, the cutthroat trout,

and southern sea otter, least tern, red throated loon…

an infinite list of

Innocent, defenseless life that swallows elixir of death

and then is

… gone.

We insist on constant exploitation of endangered habitat

With no concern for our stewardship

Oblivious to 

Extinction by numbers, perishing in bleakness, desperation;

For nothing but lack of concern,

gluttony for money.

From the ether come the screams of John Muir, Rachel Carson, Farley Mowat,

When a tube buried deep within the earth

Burst

Its contents slithering like a slick venomous serpent and

allowed for Mankind to be engaged, once again, in the decimation

Ten by ten,

Thousand by thousand.

Score for casualty, score for excess, score for greed, score for ignorance, score for suffering, score for death, score for oil, score for tragedy.

Zero for the mother.

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Thanks for reading.

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Endangered and Threatened Marine Species

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