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ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

0 posted 2002-08-08 01:48 AM

$70,000 Canadian dollars for Bengal tiger parts?
it's a wonder how the specie survived until today
decline of animal species around
anthromorphocentric tendencies abound
big academic word anthro.. whatever
dealers in rare body parts are clever
find their way through custom gates
a question of time...never too late?
to ebb illicit skin traffic flows...
together with the bone, organs
other tissues glow in the dark
eradication of fauna is stark..

But there are funds to protect you declare
I see dwindling fauna numbers glare
grizzlies still trip those snares
around the world on eighty day fares?

Travel to the earth's cardboard reaches
create protective parks, make grand speaches
today you'll protect, defend
but for trafficed body parts
there is no certain end
until the animal is extinguished.

Where will the next aphrodisiac come from?
tomorrow we'll wake up alone on a planet
waiting for the next pillage,
Waiting for Godot,
another specie goes to meet its maker...
this is what we don't teach our children.

[This message has been edited by ecrivan (08-08-2002 01:51 AM).]

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

1 posted 2002-08-08 10:02 AM

True Martin,
this is exactly what we don't teach our children.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

2 posted 2002-08-08 10:35 AM

sad disclosure, this

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

3 posted 2002-08-08 11:39 AM

Thanks for sharing.Sadly, this is one of the ways this planet is being run.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

4 posted 2002-08-08 12:02 PM

ecrivan
Right on all counts, well said.

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

5 posted 2002-08-08 01:04 PM

A poetic bit of an important but very sad truth...
Very well expressed, Martin

~ hugs from chipmunk not willing to part with parts

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

ecrivan
Member Elite

since 2001-12-10

Posts 3923
my own state

6 posted 2002-08-08 11:09 PM

Lyra,Sy

Thanks for your comments

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