Ivory and the love of money

Criminality and intrigue

Culpability in a league

outside the norm

thus implicating

all and sundry

now partaking

the rich pickings

in the air

on the ground

and everywhere

Ivory, sought after by

those who in their choppers fly

murder it means nothing, they

shoot to kill from far away

China’s wants, are China’s gets

they know nothing of Karmic debts

its renminbi and dollar bills

that give these shits the greatest thrills

blood on their hands

sinews too

as they contract

to do what they do

cut off the tusks and genitals and

leave the Garamba

and the land

backup out and  across

they go

with their sick bounty

now in tow

clearly rich pickings

for those in the know

and now we see

vultures down below

a poor feast of bloat

of maggots of slime

these beautiful elephants

lost in time

a whole tribe wiped out

in a melee of pain

mothers and fathers

and babies

their reign is over

in this life

the bullets of steel

smashed through their hide

all the pain was so real

all the grief and the bravery

it was all there as mothers tried hard

to shield them  aware

of the death and destruction

but everyone found

they shared their last moments

as in bullets they drowned

Man has significant evil to kill

to come from the air

and all that blood spill

the splutter of bullets

that cut down those great

elephant bulls and the calves

at a rate

terrible screams

and trumpets were heard

by the mightiest Lions

and the tiniest bird

all witnessed the massacre

down on the ground

the darkest of evils

the tearful were bound

the thrust of the swords

the tusks they were gone

soaked in the blood and the snot

they were on

their way leaving trails

of sinful regard

souls lost forever

now seen by the bard

who writes up the story

and feels for each one

left for the maggots

to scoff in the sun

a feast for the parasites

who scamper by

to watch as they render

great beasts till their dry

till their bones are then bleached

and lay in great heaps

and their memory

stays where the

ranger man weeps

Garamba may shudder

as many now do

it happened a year ago

is there a clue

as to who perpetrated

this evil

their tracks

were covered and smartly

as were their backs

protected by those who

were paid so to do

those victims were tragically

murdered so a few

could carve out their bounty

and make lots of things

to be sold to the princes

and possibly kings

to enter the marketplace

dressed up in style

elephant ivory

from that tragic pile