For dVerse Poets Quadrille: Extinction

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Today I read a story about a man who led big game hunting expeditions whose claim was that he could guarantee a kill with one hundred percent surety.  Ironically enough, after shooting a water buffalo and posing with his kill, he was fatally gored by another water buffalo. This was perhaps on my mind as I wrote this poem on the subject of extinction for the quadrille challenge. Please note that I am not in favor of big game hunting. In the last lines, I’m talking about luck in a general sense, not in terms of big game hunting. I took this photo in Kenya in 1967.

 

Extinction

If we all were always winners, winning would lose distinction.
Every hunter bagging game would lead to their extinction.
So to qualify my wishes, I guess that I’ll just say
I hope when it’s your turn for luck, that it will come your way!

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15 thoughts on “For dVerse Poets Quadrille: Extinction”

  1. slmret's avatarslmret

    I guess that will teach him — lol ! Next to climate change, wildlife conservation is a primary concern of mine! I’m appalled by the number of people still hunting African animals simply for sport or for the spoils of the tusks, etc.

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