Anagrams: Extinction
Oh, to once again * * * * passenger pigeons darkening the sky,
At their peak a flock would take several days to pass on by.
They would alight on each fence * * * *, mass on barn roofs and seat sown seed.
A century later they succumbed to mass destruction and wanton greed.
The heath hen died as the Pilgrims killed them with sprayed gun shot;
These bewildered birds were then added to the settlers’ simmering stew * * * *.
Goodbye to the Carolina Parakeet, killed for the fashion of snooty aristocrats,
Who fancied feathers artfully decorating the * * * * of ladies’ hats.
The Great Auk was a flightless bird who swam along the Eastern shore.
Sailors said, “Why * * * * killing them? There’ll always be plenty more.”
Until man * * * * to become a stalwart steward of our beleaguered planet earth,
We will continue to be imporverished as our diversity loses its net worth.