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Where Did the Rhino Go

A question we choose to ignore To where shallow rivers flow Into the riverbed’s floor Into the horizon’s glow What are we to do? He went where no one should To where no one knows He could never see past his nose Did we follow his tracks? No, he was taken by truck Some say to the east On a aphrodisiac fest He was the size of an eighteen-wheeler You’ll find him now only at the dealer In the wild barely hanging on by a hoof He's no longer a member of the big five Where did the rhino go? Is that him in the zoo? Hanging out with the who’s who So that his horn may grow

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Date: 1/21/2015 7:29:00 PM
G'day Thabang... The questions in your poem asks for serious answers and action. It's an indictment on humanity's belief that a fallacy could see the extinction of a magnificent animal. Thank you Thabang - Lindsay
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Thabang Ngoma
Date: 1/22/2015 4:33:00 PM
Hi Lindsay...I ask myself, what is next...eventually all the animals will be gone...humanity will be completely alone...I foresee slavery all over again becuase the illegal trading will never cease...rgds, Thabang

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