The Heron Nestling

I am a young heron nestling.
By the time anyone reads this I willl be dead,
Killed by the oil from Deepwater Horizon.
I never will learn to fly, catch fish, to be a heron.
I will never have offspring to carry on my line.
My life will be short and miserable.
I am killed by the insatiable desire to drive SUV's
And other vehicles to the hair salon or the convenience store.
I will die along with thousands of others of my kind
Because Americans will not learn to live in natural harmony.

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