I love the Pangolin
\nA dear little soul
\nWalks like ballerina
\nWith such control
\nCITES banned the trade in 2002
\nPoor rural hunters
\nAnd there are a few
\nPalm oil plantations
\nUse smoke to flush
\nThe pangolins out
\nReally the first brush
\nWith scumbags anonymous
\nIt\u2019s all about
\nTheir scales made of keratin
\nIt\u2019s a huge rout
\nSome times they send dogs in
\nPangolins are
\nNocturnal creatures
\nTo badger and scar<\/p>\n
No teeth to speak of
\nThey roll into a ball
\nThat\u2019s their defence
\nReally nothing at all
\nSleeping in trees
\nThat\u2019s what they do
\nSmoked out alas
\nYes it is true<\/p>\n
In Sumatra they butcher them
\nJust slit their throats
\nStrip off their scales
\nShipped out on boats
\nEnd up in China or where the Chinese
\nPractice their medicine
\nEnormous fees<\/p>\n
Vietnam South Korea Thailand
\nAs well
\nWhat we do to Pangolins
\nIs Straight out of hell
\nSmugglers in Sabah
\nIn Nepal and Myanmar
\nIn fact eastern countries
\nWhere the Chinese are <\/p>\n
The law is an ass
\nAnd money it talks
\nCorruption is rife
\nThe so called hawks
\nAppear to be everywhere
\nBut tragically
\nkeratin is no cure all
\nTake it from me<\/p>\n
Weighed against profits
\nThe penalty
\nIs really not frightening
\nApparently
\nSo very few Pangolins now do exist
\nMarked very scarce on the terminal list
\nThe scales are roasted and what they called ashes, some cooked in oil
\nSometimes in urine
\nAll of that toil
\nfor what
\nFor nervousness and hysterical crying
\nIn children apparently
\nMagic defying
\nlogic in Africa
\nFor women possessed
\nby devils
\nImproving lactation
\nIt\u2019s stressed <\/p>\n
The most trafficked animals
\nNow anywhere
\nIt\u2019s called Squamata mantis
\nSo much despair
\nTCM offers a whole host
\nOf death
\nAnd Destruction of animals <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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