Poor Cecil

Hear the mighty lion roar From the past and distant shore Africa long ago lost it’s maim Humanity has been lost in Africa’s shame Kill one lion Hear the western nations roar Slaughter complete races You will hear western nations snore Children starved, women raped Soldier kings justify their burning hate We stand by and pay no heed As millions are slaughtered like African weeds We have tears for the old lion true The symbol or pride we ourselves un-deserve Let us shed our tears for bloated black babies Whom would gladly smile for a little meat Perverse is the tear shed over one lion head Notes: Of course I do not condone in any way the shooting of animals for sport, and endangered species must be preserved not for their sakes but for our sakes, selfish indeed. However it struck me the irony that such a story held the headlines for so long, when genocide becomes but a side note in our daily news.