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| The Forgotten Forgotten are the tomes, full of words in delightful volumes, that spoke of ancient spires calling from across the shore, and the haunted lamenting for the lost "Lenore", of the "Faerie Queene" and the path less worn, countless scrolls were lost lovers and disregarded dreams are mourned. There are sonnets, ballads and odes galore, boundless words of art ignored, poets, writers and scholars abhorred. Intelligence has been slain, so begins the Philistine's reign, creativity and free thought are now passe, "Callooh, Callay" Ignorance rules the day. |
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| Today The last wild-born crested Ibis died today, That's what the Japanese newspeople say, We "the Keepers" once again betray, The sky turned an ashen gray, The Goddess was saddened by this display. Kin the Ibis did not succumb to foul play, But rather her herself she did slay, She seems to have wanted to have her own say, She did not want to fade away, And flung herself head-first at the prison doorway. The scientists rushed in and did not delay, They froze her to save her for her DNA, So now in a cold, dark freezer Kin must stay. To the Goddess we doth pray, For Trust renewed -we must obey, I must really try to convey, There is no real time for delay, Mankind must pay, For the LAST wild-born crested Ibis is dead today. |
| Epitaph for a Killer Whale Keiko is buried here, the plaque will say. Moved here to this spot, from where he died in a Norwegian bay. Where the falling snow drifts together with the blowing sea spray. Buried under the cover of darkness, so the media would not have a field day. To mark the ground, children placed rocks in a burial mound. For them, Keiko's life was profound. His life and movies were most renowned. Adult and children's love for him abound. The money they raised, for his freedom, would astound. A foundation was started to help him in his quest to be free. Of their success, there was no complete guarantee. His passing was fated to be, his life ended there in the Norwegian Sea. Keiko is at last "free"?! - Won't you agree? |
| Copyright Cheryl L Greenwell 2004 |
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