022520e

Not a rengay without verse-altering substances


remember koalas?
we burned ther trees
the survivors starved

the dodo ran
but it ran too slow

passenger pigeons
we clubbed and shot
every blessed one

too dumb to spare
the honey bee

whales
the seas used to sing
like a global organ

quiet
under the winking stars
a little too quiet

dinosaurs lasted almost
to the bitter end

pronghorns?
the last American antelopes
starved behind fences

giraffes ended
on assholes' walls

back to bacteria
for this old orb
game over