Wild At Heart, Value-At-Risk Poem by michael spangenberg

Where have all the flowers gone

Aardvark, Baboon, Bat-eared fox,

Cheetah, Chimpanzee, Dik-dik, Bonobo

elephant shrew, Ethiopian wolf, giraffe

Hedgehog, Impala, Jackal, Leopard,

Mountain Gorilla, Rhinoceros, Warthog

lion, tiger, shark, alligator, Wildebeest, Zebra

nature's wild at heart's disappearing

whodunit, Mr. Jones - Qui bono?


Research evidence of Lucifer man-made era

conspicuous-consumption trajectory towards rapid

self-destruction, selfish people overpowering a planet

global wildlife could plunge to a 67 per cent level

of decline as a result of infinite greed engaged with

zero-humane activities, marriage de raison

- divorce's not yet in sight.


Global populations of fish, birds, mammals

amphibians and reptiles have already declined

by 58 per cent between 1970 and 2012

our world's on a trajectory of a potential

two-thirds decline within a span of half-century

No worries, Thin Man, we can always go to Mars.


Wildlife is disappearing within our lifetimes

at an unprecedented rate, not just about the

wonderful species we all love; biodiversity forms

the foundation of healthy forests, rivers and oceans

take away species, and these ecosystems will collapse

along with the clean air, water, food and climate services

that they provide us, preserving a living planet for our own

survival and prosperity

Human behavior continues to drive the decline

of wildlife populations globally, with particular impact

in freshwater habitats, these are declines, they are not

yet extinctions - and this should be a wake-up call to marshal

efforts to promote the recovery of these populations.


The top threats to species identified in the report are directly linked

to human activities, including animal cruelty, habitat loss, degradation

and overexploitation of wildlife - the American way of life

the pursuit of happiness at nature's expense.

You have many contacts among the giraffe lumberjacks

to get you Bush Baby wildlife facts when someone attacks your imagination

but nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a blank

check to tax-deductible WWF charity organizations well, you walk into the room

like a blind camel, and then you frown you put your eyes in your pocket and your

nose on the ground there ought to be federal animal welfare laws against you

comin' around you should be made to wear gorilla or wolf-earphones

and you say, What does this mean? and God screams back

you're a Dwarf Mongoose, give me some chocolate or plain vanilla

ice-scream or else go home, 'Cause something is happening-Yes

but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. JFK Baboon Jones?


WWF report's findings provide additional evidence that blue

planet Earth's entering completely unchartered territory in its history

in which humanity is shaping changes on the Earth, including a possible

sixth mass extinction, how to identify solutions for restoring the ecosystems

we depend upon, we ain't got much time to lose, Hell no

but do not hurry as you walk with grief, weeping big crocodile tears

Mr. Hippopotamus CPA Jones - it does not help the journey.


Footnote - Credit where credit's due: WWF's Living Planet Report 2016,

Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man (1968) .