11,000 elephants killed in 10 years

11,000 Elephants
majestic marvellous
souls
lost to blasted poachers
who simple lost control
IVORY, their paymaster
the eastern corridor
China Hong Kong Vietnam
have conducted a war
and all these wondrous animals
were shot down
in their prime
hacked up by
the mercenaries
nobody would dine
on them
except the wild one’s
the vultures and the bugs
it was IVORY for the Chinese
organized by heartless thugs
the ivory traders they are rich
10,000 Elephant graves
their bones parched dry
I’m wondering why
there are so many knaves
ready to flog their relatives
for a measly sum
ready to sacrifice wonderment
when someone beats the drum