A dolphin saw the whaling ship and shook his pointy head

"You'd think they'd put their millions into tuna boats instead -

it's typical of humans, they're so greedy, crass and crude,

not smart enough to recognize what is and isn't food.

"I've seen them hunting sharks and throwing all away but fins,

it's such a waste, and surely they'll be punished for these sins,

God gave them salmon, mackerel, and sardines to be canned,

why would they want a tough old whale? I'll never understand.

"The shorelines now are ruined, they have plundered with no care,

to keep a food chain going, one must leave the breeders there,

but no, they take them all, and never stop to count the cost,

the only time they think is when they see a species lost.

"Two hundred creatures now extinct, how many more will go?

Don't bother asking humans, they don't seem to want to know,

the dollar is the only thing they listen to these days,

they won't embrace a new idea unless they're sure it pays.

"They aren't content to rape the land, they'll kill the ocean, too,

when all the whales are dead and gone I wonder what they'll do?

Will porpoises and dolphins be the next ones on the list?

I fear it soon will come to pass, if current trends persist."

More of my Environment Poems HERE