The set up is clear
\nEncouraging those
\nResigned to the hunt
\nAnd the kill
\nFor it grows
\nIn the hearts of the hunter
\nThe throwback to when
\nManhood it mattered
\nTruly fighting men
\nSaw there path forward
\nAs warriors who
\nTrek into the bush
\nTo do what they do
\nTo wait with their weapons
\nCocked ready to fire
\nAnd bring down a wild soul
\nIn a frenzy of ire<\/p>\n
They call it conservation
\nIn a most perverse way
\nSafari companies perched
\nWho we pay
\nA great sum of money
\nTo be given the chance
\nTo go And to share
\nOne hell of a dance
\nUnder a dark sky
\nWildness evolves
\nThe trophy hunter
\nHis bounty it solves
\nAny equation any at all
\nThe largest the strongest
\nFor the right price
\nAll fall<\/p>\n
Choked out of existence
\nTrue unmanliness
\nSkulking under cover
\nEyes set no less
\nOn the wilderness children
\nTheir day all set fine
\nWho will seemingly lose out
\nas quietly they dine
\nA stony indifference
\nTo what they see
\nQuietness and calmness
\nAnd imperturbability
\nDispossessed of wonder
\nOf the breathtaking sight
\nOf the finest of specimens
\nNow in the light<\/p>\n
Zimbabwe has sold its honour today
\nThe dubious question
\nWhy wildness should pay
\nWith its future in the frame
\nConservation they sight
\nIts all in the margin
\nThe future feels bright
\nA wonderful leopard
\nA solitary
\nHe did not stand a chance
\nSomeone paid the fee
\nHe so majestic
\nOn shoulders he is laid
\nAs Africa’s spirit
\nHas tragically strayed<\/p>\n
Into the path of the
\nFractious of men
\nWith a large enough purse
\nEnough to say when
\nA solitary creature
\nCreated to be
\nA miracle predator
\nWho wouldnt see
\nWhat was coming
\nIntent on the prey up ahead
\nAnd so took the full force
\nThat slammed into his head
\nHis so called assassin
\nA hit man of means
\nAccumulated wealth
\nAnd ofcourse in his jeans
\nAnd hunting attire
\nHe is ready to kill
\nTo hide like a thief
\nAnd to murder at will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The set up is clear Encouraging those Resigned to the hunt And the kill For it grows In the hearts of the hunter The throwback to when Manhood it mattered Truly fighting men Saw there path forward As warriors who … Continue reading