Elephants and Ivory

China’s growing middle classes

top the scale

and ivory is the essential

gift it seems

its iconic holds its value well

and always looks the part

and according to the Chinese

whose net is cast

tradition comes in here

but the commodity

holds its value well and sure enough

makes the required margin

its protection

laoriously dealt with

every day

when its given from the heart

it lasts in fact a lifetime

and this is what we see

a total lack of compassion

and a loss of empathy

 

black marketeers and traders

are on the case world wide

searching all the dealers

the parasites that hide

here there every which way

gutter snipes indeed

who pay out a kings ransome

and will watch the ele’s bleed

before they come to their aid

watch them on their knees

as the poacher man  is in his plane

just above the trees

gunning down the proud ones

ambushing them at will

hiding like a rattlesnake

prepared to launch to kill

 

its all about the ivory

nothing to do with life

the Elephant is secondary

and all the man made strife

can never be disounted

for its ivory that rules

chop the tusks off rapidly

by those we know as fools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About Rex Tyler

I love animals. I enjoy writing poetry and delivering speeches.I like to mentor people who need help in preparing speeches and evaluations.I enjoy travel although it is much harder for me these days.I so enjoyed the Andes Mountains and Volcanoes and the Quichua people who live and thrive there.I have lots of friends around the world.
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