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.
Endangered and Threatened Marine Species
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