Skinny, hungry,
displaced from your habitat
by development, by floods and fires,
- by us -
displaced from your habitat
by development, by floods and fires,
- by us -
you wandered too close to humans.
Some of them thought it cute
to feed you,
thereby signing your death warrant.
Some of them thought it cute
to feed you,
thereby signing your death warrant.
You bit someone
who had no food for you.
You bit another.
Look how skinny you are.
Look how beautiful you were.
who had no food for you.
You bit another.
Look how skinny you are.
Look how beautiful you were.
At five a.m.
your life was over,
killed for the crime
of being homeless and hungry
in a world you never made.
your life was over,
killed for the crime
of being homeless and hungry
in a world you never made.
In September, a skinny coyote came too close to people. Some of them fed him. He bit a few others on the leg, likely demanding food. He was killed of course. It is always the animals who suffer from their encounters with our species. We are far more deadly than the wild ones.
"thereby signing your death warrant"... so true, Sherry. It happens here too, leopards entering towns and villages because of habitat encroachment. Not enough is heard about animals lost/ displaced by extreme weather... sigh.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sad story, Sherry. We have a lot of coyotes in the woods nearby. Periodically in the middle of the night I am awakened by the terrible terrifying sounds of a coyote killing something -- sometimes a deer. It is awful to listen to. I know it is the balance of nature, but still.....
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