[New-Poetry] Leave the Animals Alone

[AlMaginnes at aol.com]

Ehy the guy had a wife and two kids. Have some respect.
 
In a message dated 9/5/2006 5:47:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
rog3r.day at gmail.com writes:

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oh go on, you liked him really

On 9/5/06,  JforJames at aol.com <JforJames at aol.com>  wrote:
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> Leave the Animals  Alone
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> Anti-elegy for Steve Irwin, The  Crocodile Hunter
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> So sorry about that  stingray's direct
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> hit to your heart, but I've been  meaning
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> to say something for a long time:
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>  Leave the fucking animals alone.
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> Let them live in the dignity  of their
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> natural environment. They don't need
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>  your nest-probing camera,
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> they don't want to be mounted by a  man
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> in boots and khaki shorts, trying to make them  show
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> their teeth. Mug for the camera if you
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>  must, but don't make animals accomplices
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> to a carnival geek's  unseemly acts.
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> The crocodile and anaconda are  gods
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> of this earth. I don't see you cavorting  with
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> prairie dogs. I don't see you wrestling
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>  the stoat to the ground or kissing the cheek of a sloth
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> as it  feeds in the upper reaches of the rainforest's canopy
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> as its  home is eaten away by backhoes.
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> They all want to left alone.  And the ones
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> that are dangerous kill because  killing
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> has kept them alive. We're supposed
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>  the smarter species. So long, Steve,natural selection again takes its
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