Heedless humans hunt poor birds and beasts

Deforest land, pollute rivers, streams

Infect the air they breathe. It seems

Nothing’s left pristine in the least.

And as numbers of people increased

So has ferocity of weapons grown

Folks don’t leave each other alone,

Lunging from war to war sans cease.

Entertainment in film and game

Simply put, more of the same

And we wonder why children kill

When someone stymies their whim or will

Who inspires love or upward reach?

Annihilation by example we teach.

Appears in A PATIO OF POEMS, published by TnT Classic Books, 2006