The Death of a Seabird We Could Have Saved

The Death of a Seabird We Could Have Saved Copyright © May 21, 2017 by Douglas W. Jerving. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the author, except as provided by USA copyright law. And now to moor the lees of day We see confined an albatross Steadly lying in the sand Determined, her, to toss the pay We post to her afore she die Of some whirlwind made of our shame Implied and -plored spite resume. The flight of all her's 'gainst the score We lay a far and distant cost, Say dim hopes, prayers on high we sigh, With reference to some other, she, Known if never had some plan, To live. So pass into the sand. I have seen so many of these birds on the beach. They eat the junk we provide and we never think twice about how dependent upon us they become. A more visual idea of this can be found in my series of photographs entitled Death Becomes Her, posted a few years ago here and on Facebook. ------------------------ Doug Jerving is the publisher of the NewEdisonGazette.com. You may contact him at djerving@newedisongazette.com. ================================= Return to The New Edison Gazette main site.